Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- not susceptible to change: his incurable pessimism.
noun
- a person suffering from an incurable disease.
adjective
- (esp of a disease) not curable; unresponsive to treatment
noun
- a person having an incurable disease
mid-14c., from Old French incurable (13c.), from Late Latin incurabilis, from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + curabilis “curable” (see curable). Related: Incurably.
adj.
- Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable.