incorrigible
21incorrigible — 1. adjective a) defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright. The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse. b) incurably depraved; not reformable. His black soul was too… …
22incorrigible — A proposition is incorrigible if it cannot be corrected; that is, it is not possible that belief in it should be found to be mistaken. Although many candidates, ranging from first person introspective reports to basic logical axioms, have been… …
23incorrigible — in|cor|ri|gi|ble [ ın kɔrıdʒəbl ] adjective OFTEN HUMOROUS someone who is incorrigible does bad things or has bad habits and will not change: an incorrigible flirt ╾ in|cor|ri|gi|bly adverb …
24incorrigible — UK [ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒəb(ə)l] / US [ɪnˈkɔrɪdʒəb(ə)l] adjective often humorous someone who is incorrigible does bad things or has bad habits and will not change an incorrigible flirt …
25incorrigible — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin incorrigibilis, from Latin in + corrigere to correct more at correct Date: 14th century incapable of being corrected or amended: as a. (1) not reformable ; depraved (2) delinquent b. not… …
26incorrigible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irreclaimable, beyond redemption; intractable, hopelessly delinquent. See obstinacy, hopelessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. incurable, uncorrectable, intractable; see hopeless 2 , irreparable ,… …
27incorrigible — [ɪn kɒrɪdʒɪb(ə)l] adjective not able to be corrected or reformed: she s an incorrigible flirt. Derivatives incorrigibility noun incorrigibly adverb …
28incorrigible — adjective an incorrigible flirt Syn: inveterate, habitual, confirmed, hardened, dyed in the wool, incurable, chronic, irredeemable, hopeless, beyond hope; impenitent, unrepentant, unapologetic, unashamed; bad, naughty, terrible Ant …
29incorrigible — [ɪnˈkɒrɪdʒəb(ə)l] adj often humorous someone who is incorrigible does bad things or has bad habits and will not change …
30incorrigible — adj. 1 (of a person or habit) incurably bad or depraved. 2 not readily improved. Derivatives: incorrigibility n. incorrigibleness n. incorrigibly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF incorrigible or L incorrigibilis (as IN (1), CORRIGIBLE) …
