Definition of INCORRIGIBLE

incorrigible

Plural: incorrigibles

Adjective

  • impervious to correction by punishment

Adj

  • Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
  • Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
  • Incurably depraved; not reformable.
  • Unchangeably established in a belief or habit.
  • Intrinsically incapable of being corrected; impossible to disprove, by its very nature.
  • Impossible to cure.

Noun

  • An incorrigibly bad individual.

Examples

  • an incorrigible youth
  • His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
  • The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
  • The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders.
  • The statement "My knee hurts" is incorrigible.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 17

incorrigible: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incorrigible: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incorrigible: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

incorrigible: valid Words With Friends Word