incorrigible

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
2. (not-comparable) Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
3. (not-comparable) Incurably depraved; not reformable.
4. (not-comparable) Unchangeably established in a belief or habit.
5. (not-comparable) Intrinsically incapable of being corrected; impossible to disprove, by its very nature.
6. (archaic, not-comparable) Impossible to cure.

Noun

An incorrigibly bad individual.

Concepts

incorrigible

Synonymes

incurable

hopeless

unruly

unmanageable

confirmed

unregenerate

intractable

irremediable

irreparable

irresponsible

irretrievable

lawless

naughty

obstreperous

persistent

recalcitrant

refractory

ruthless

spoiled

stubborn

thick-skinned

tough

uncontrollable

uncorrectable

uncorrected

uncurable

unhealed

unredeemable

unreformable

unreformed

unteachable

beyond redemption

immedicable

bad

👎

disobedient person

beyond help

beyond hope

cruel

good for nothing

good-for-nothing

inveterate

Traductions

unverbesserlich

incorregible

incorreggibile

onverbeterlijk

onverbeterbaar

incorrigível

αδιόρθωτος

unverbesserbar

nicht zu retten

unheilbar

Lernen durch Erfahrung

incorregible

unerlösbar

nichtswürdig

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: incorrigible

In summary

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.