incorrigible

IPA: ɪnkˈɑrʌdʒʌbʌɫ

noun

  • An incorrigibly bad individual.

adjective

  • Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
  • Incurably depraved; not reformable.
  • Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
  • Unmanageable.
  • Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
  • (archaic) Incurable.
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Examples of "incorrigible" in Sentences

  • They were starting to lean on us, and for punishment had put us in "incorrigible row."
  • An incorrigible is a terrible human beingat least such is the connotation of "incorrigible" in prison psychology.
  • The word "incorrigible" -- a word lately pronounced by Dr. Monygham -- floated into her still and sad immobility.
  • An incorrigible is a terrible human being — at least such is the connotation of "incorrigible" in prison psychology.
  • Anna Penrhys knew him, and treacherously revealed some of the enemy's secrets, notably concerning what he termed our incorrigible turn for bribery.
  • Obviously, she knew Sinatra was incorrigible, which is why she didnt want him around the White House, but she really did not know he had been'Jack's pimp all those years ago.
  • He has often lamented, with tears, what he called my incorrigible depravity, and encouraged himself to perseverance by the notion of the ruin that would inevitably overtake me if I were allowed to persist in my present career.

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