Incurable
Incurable adjective - Not capable of being cured or reformed.
Old and incurable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Incurable".
Nearby Word: incurability
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- For a character who is going through a similar thing due to illness rather than old age, see Incurable Cough of Death and Definitely Just a Cold.
Source: Feeling Their Age -
Gets caught drunk driving, thinks alcoholism is an incurable disease until getting his 9 year old son to drive him to a religious miracle to get cured of his alcoholism.
Source: Amazingly Embarrassing Parents -
In one book, Kahlan looks through old records of trials, one of which includes an entry about a wizard who had been executed for being an incurable alcoholic.
Source: Literature / Sword of Truth
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