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incorrigible

[ in-kawr-i-juh-buhl, -kor- ]

adjective

  1. not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform:

    incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.

  2. impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable:

    an incorrigible child; incorrigible hair.

  3. firmly fixed; not easily changed:

    an incorrigible habit.

  4. not easily swayed or influenced:

    an incorrigible optimist.



noun

  1. a person who is incorrigible.

incorrigible

/ ɪˈɒɪəə /

adjective

  1. beyond correction, reform, or alteration
  2. firmly rooted; ineradicable
  3. philosophy (of a belief) having the property that whoever honestly believes it cannot be mistaken Compare defeasible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person or animal that is incorrigible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌǰˈٲ, noun
  • ˈǰ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of incorrigible1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word incorrigibilis. See in- 3, corrigible
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As it happens, sending astronauts to the moon and Mars ranked at the bottom of the list of priorities — something that probably won’t affect Musk’s incorrigible enthusiasm for the red planet.

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The Times, taking the opposite line, reported that Glenn and another student, Brendon Barr, were adjudged “incorrigible” and clocked in a stockade as a last resort.

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Trump’s parents shipped their incorrigible second son off to military school 90 minutes outside New York City just after his 13th birthday.

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But they also gave long, loud and expletive-ridden voice to their belief that the whole incident proved, once again, that the Premier League was incorrigibly corrupt.

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Mr Goddard described Mr Packer as "an incorrigible user of sex workers" and said his violence towards women was characterised by seizing them by the throat and choking them.

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