adj. Of an illness, condition, etc, that cannot be cured; healless.
n. One who cannot be cured.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy.
adj. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless.
n. A person diseased beyond cure.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Not curable; beyond the power of skill or medicine: as, an incurable disease.
Not admitting correction: as, incurable evils.
n. A person diseased beyond the possibility of cure.
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adj. unalterable in disposition or habits
adj. incapable of being cured
n. a person whose disease is incurable
Word Usage
"But Hashemi believed that ultimately this would not solve the problem, which he described as incurable, between the Taliban government and the United States."