Meaning & use
incorruptible
Unable to be bribed or morally corrupted, or not subject to decay.
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The auditor was known as incorruptible, refusing every offer of money or favors.
Some ancient manuscripts were sealed in conditions that kept the pages nearly incorruptible.
A note on using this word
The primary modern sense concerns moral integrity; a rarer physical sense describes materials resistant to decay.
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Not liable to decay or physical corruption.
The embalmers claimed the body remained incorruptible for centuries.
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