incorrigible
adjective
1. impervious to correction by punishment
Similar word(s): unreformable, unregenerate, uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable, disobedient
2. difficult or impossible to manage or control
- an incorrigible mess
Similar word(s): difficult, unmanageable
Sentences with incorrigible as an adjective:
- The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
- His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
- The imp is incorrigible: his bottom is still red from his last spanking when he plans the next prank.
- The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible.
noun
1. An incorrigibly bad individual
- The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders