incorrigible

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

unverbesserlich

incorregible

incorrigible

incorreggibile

onverbeterlijk

onverbeterbaar

αδιόρθωτος

incorrigível

unverbesserbar

Lernen durch Erfahrung

nicht zu retten

unheilbar

incorregible

unerlösbar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: 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.