Meaning & use
incorrigible
Impossible to correct, improve, or reform, especially describing bad habits or behavior.
See it in a sentence
The teacher called him an incorrigible troublemaker after his third detention that week.
She remained an incorrigible optimist even after several setbacks in her career.
A note on using this word
Incorrigible can be used seriously about bad behavior or lightly, even affectionately, as in "an incorrigible flirt."
Words with a similar meaning
unmanageableirredeemable
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Words with an opposite meaning
reformable
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