Meaning

1 senses

  1. An incorrigibly bad person.

    The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders.

Examples

14 sentences

  1. Tom is incorrigible.

    ruТом неисправим. — marafon

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  2. They concluded that Tom is an incorrigible person.

    Вони дійшли висновку, що Том - людина невиправна. — Ahha

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  3. You are really incorrigible!

    Ти дійсно невиправний. — deniko

    ruТы действительно неисправим! — marafon

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  4. I think that Tom is incorrigible.

    ruПо-моему, Том неисправим. — marafon

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  5. He has the reputation of being an incorrigible liar.

    ruУ него репутация неисправимого лжеца. — odexed

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from

From 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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Forms

plural: incorrigibles
Singularincorrigible
Pluralincorrigibles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incorporealincorrectB1incorrectlyincreaseA2increasinglyB1incredibleB1
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