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incurability

/ɪnˌkjʊr.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

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noun

C2formalcommon/ɪnˌkjʊr.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

uncountable

A noun referring to the state or quality of being impossible to cure, heal, or remedy, often used in medical or metaphorical contexts.

  • 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее состояние или качество невозможности вылечить, исцелить или исправить, часто используемое в медицинском или метафорическом контексте.
  1. Inability to be cured C1 formal medical

    The state or quality of being impossible to cure or heal.

    • The incurability of the disease was a devastating diagnosis.
    • Modern medicine still faces the incurability of certain cancers.
    • The doctor explained the incurability of the condition to the family.

    🇷🇺Неизлечимость

    Synonyms: incurableness

  2. Inability to be changed C1 formal

    The quality of being impossible to alter or reform, especially in terms of character or habits.

    • His incurability of stubbornness frustrated all his teachers.
    • The incurability of her pessimism made it hard to cheer her up.
    • They eventually accepted the incurability of his bad habits.

    🇷🇺Неисправимость

    Synonyms: fixednessimmutabilityunchangeability

    Antonyms: alterabilitychangeabilitymalleability

  • incurabilities plural form
  • incurabilities' possessive plural form
  • incurability's possessive singular form