incorrigible

adj.

1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal.
2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults.
3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child.

n.
One that cannot be corrected or reformed.

[Middle English, from Latin incorrigibilis : in-, not; see in-¹ + corrigere, to correct; see correct.]

incorrigibility in·cor'ri·gi·bil'i·ty or in·cor'ri·gi·ble·ness n.
incorrigibly in·cor'ri·gi·bly adv.

adj

Definition: bad, hopeless
Antonyms: good, manageable, nice, obedient, reformable, repentant

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A proposition is incorrigible if it cannot be corrected; that is, it is not possible that belief in it should be found to be mistaken. Although many candidates have been proposed, ranging from first-person introspective reports to basic logical axioms, it is widely held that a proposition could achieve the status only by saying nothing. Any proposition with real content would involve bringing a particular situation under some rule of description, and the possibility of mistaken application always arises. In that case the search for incorrigible starting-points in the theory of knowledge is misguided. See also epistemology, foundationalism.

Uncorrectable; a person, usually a juvenile, whose behavior cannot be made to conform to the standards dictated by law. See criminal [habitual offender]; recidivist.

IN BRIEF: Incapable of being reformed; delinquent.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-Swiss-American mathematical physicist.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforbederlig, som ikke kan rettes/ændres
n. - uforbederlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
onverbeterlijk, onverbeterlijke persoon

Français (French)
adj. - incorrigible
n. - incorrigible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unverbesserlich
n. - unverbesserliche Person

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδιόρθωτος, αμετανόητος
n. - αμετανόητος

Italiano (Italian)
incorreggibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - incorrigível
n. - pessoa (f) incorrigível

Русский (Russian)
неисправимый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incorregible, impenitente
n. - incorregible, impenitente, persona incorregible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oförbätterlig, ohjälplig
n. - oförbätterlig person

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无药可救的, 固执的, 积习难改的, 不可救药的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無藥可救的, 固執的, 積習難改的
n. - 不可救藥的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 교정할 수 없는, 제멋대로 구는
n. - 선도할 수 없는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 矯正できない, 手に負えない
n. - 手に負えない人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فاسد, لا سبيل لتقويمه (الاسم) العنيد, الشموس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר תקנה, לא ניתן לתקנו‬
n. - ‮אדם חסר תקנה‬

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