That disease is incurable.
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Incurable
//ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl//
Synonyms for "incurable" (59 found)
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56 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνίατος adj (unable to be cured)
Arabic
1 entries- لَا رَجَاء مِن شِفَائِه adj (unable to be cured)
Armenian
1 entries- անբուժելի adj (unable to be cured)
Belarusian
1 entries- невыле́чны adj (unable to be cured)
Bulgarian
1 entries- неизлечи́м adj (unable to be cured)
Catalan
1 entries- incurable adj (unable to be cured)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不可救藥的 /不可救药的 adj (unable to be cured)
- 醫不好的 /医不好的 adj (unable to be cured)
Czech
1 entries- nevyléčitelný adj (unable to be cured)
Danish
1 entries- uhelbredelig adj (unable to be cured)
Dutch
1 entries- ongeneeslijk adj (unable to be cured)
Finnish
1 entries- parantumaton adj (unable to be cured)
French
1 entries- incurable adj (unable to be cured)
German
1 entries- unheilbar adj (unable to be cured)
Greek
1 entries- ανίατος adj (unable to be cured)
Hungarian
4 entries- gyógyíthatatlan adj (unable to be cured)
- javíthatatlan adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
- megrögzött adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
- menthetetlen adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
Italian
1 entries- incurabile adj (unable to be cured)
Japanese
2 entries- 不治の adj (unable to be cured)
- 治らない adj (unable to be cured)
Korean
2 entries- 불치의 adj (unable to be cured)
- 치유할 수 없다 adj (unable to be cured)
Latin
2 entries- desperatus adj (unable to be cured)
- insanabilis adj (unable to be cured)
Macedonian
1 entries- неизлечив adj (unable to be cured)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- uhelbredelig adj (unable to be cured)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- درمانسز adj (unable to be cured)
- درمانسز adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
- علاجسز adj (unable to be cured)
- علاجسز adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onheelboa adj (unable to be cured)
Polish
2 entries- nieuleczalny adj (unable to be cured)
- nieuleczalny adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
Portuguese
1 entries- incurável adj (unable to be cured)
Romanian
1 entries- incurabil adj (unable to be cured)
Russian
1 entries- неизлечи́мый adj (unable to be cured)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- neizlèčiv adj (unable to be cured)
- неизлѐчив adj (unable to be cured)
Slovak
1 entries- nevyliečiteľný adj (unable to be cured)
Slovene
1 entries- neozdravljiv adj (unable to be cured)
Spanish
4 entries- de a tiro adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
- de al tiro adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
- dealtiro adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
- deatiro adj (figuratively: irremediable, incorrigible)
Swedish
1 entries- obotlig adj (unable to be cured)
Thai
1 entries- รักษาไม่หาย adj (unable to be cured)
Turkish
1 entries- dermansız adj (unable to be cured)
Ukrainian
1 entries- невиліко́вний adj (unable to be cured)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
He has an incurable disease.
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He contracted an incurable disease.
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The doctor said that this ailment is incurable.
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