incorrigible
Defective and impossible to materially correct or set arightDefective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
Meaning
6 senses(not comparable)Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
unverbesserbar, unverbesserlich
неисправи́мыйneispravímyj
(not comparable)Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
an incorrigible youth
unverbesserlich
impervious to correction by punishment
(not comparable)Incurably depraved; not reformable.
His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
unverbesserlich
неизлечи́мыйneizlečímyj
(not comparable)Unchangeably established in a belief or habit.
(not comparable)Intrinsically incapable of being corrected; impossible to disprove, by its very nature.
The statement "My knee hurts" is incorrigible.
(archaic, not comparable)Impossible to cure.
difficult or impossible to manage or control
Examples
14 sentencesTom is incorrigible.
ruТом неисправим. — marafon
They concluded that Tom is an incorrigible person.
Вони дійшли висновку, що Том - людина невиправна. — Ahha
You are really incorrigible!
Ти дійсно невиправний. — deniko
ruТы действительно неисправим! — marafon
I think that Tom is incorrigible.
ruПо-моему, Том неисправим. — marafon
He has the reputation of being an incorrigible liar.
ruУ него репутация неисправимого лжеца. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly fromFrom Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”), equivalent to in- + corrigible. Recorded since 1340.
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