# incorrigible

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/ · frequency rank #52,402

## Definitions
1. Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
2. Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
3. Incurably depraved; not reformable.
4. Unchangeably established in a belief or habit.
5. Intrinsically incapable of being corrected; impossible to disprove, by its very nature.
6. Impossible to cure.

## Etymology
From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”), equivalent to in- + corrigible. Recorded since 1340.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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