Curable and Incurable

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Curable

Curable adjective - Curing or healing is possible.
Usage example: curable diseases
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Synonyms for Curable
Incurable is an antonym for curable in fixed topic.
Nearby Words: cure, cured, curing, curative, curability

Incurable

Incurable adjective - Not capable of being cured or reformed.
Usage example: an incurable flirt at school dances
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Synonyms for Incurable
Antonyms for Incurable
Curable is an antonym for incurable in topics: unfixable, treatable.
Nearby Word: incurability
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Both words in one sentence

  • Film / World War Z He ends up alone in the infectious diseases room with no idea which ones are curable and which are incurable but lethal.
    Source: Film / World War Z
  • Insane Equals Violent The Tantalus penal colony is for those deemed curable, Elba II is intended for the incurable (by modern Federation science), and dialogue implies it to be the only such installation in the Federation.
    Source: Insane Equals Violent
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Antonyms for incurable

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