incorrigible [adjective]: of something (esp. a habit or trait) that is incurable; that which cannot be corrected.
Example: Einstein once described himself as “an incorrigible nonconformist.”
Related words: incorrigibility [noun], incorrigibleness [noun]
incorrigibly [adverb]
Synonyms: hardened, incurable, inveterate, irredeemable, irreparable, uncorrectable
Antonyms: correctable, corrigible, mendable, rectifiable, reformable, reparable
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