uncorrectable

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adjective

Unable to be corrected.

“Near-synonym: incorrigible”

Similar
incorrigibleuncontrollableunmanageable
OriginEnglish correctable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuncorrectable (comparative more uncorrectable, superlative most uncorrectable)

comparative more uncorrectable · superlative most uncorrectable

  1. Unable to be corrected.

    Near-synonym: incorrigible

    Synonyms: incorrigible

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUnable to be corrected.

Similar
incorrigible

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveincapable of being controlled or managed

Similar
uncontrollableunmanageableincorrigible
Also see
incorrigibleuncontrollableunmanageable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcorrectable
  9. Englishuncorrectable

From un- + correctable.

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Cite this entry
APA

uncorrectable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncorrectable

MLA

“uncorrectable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncorrectable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncorrectable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncorrectable.

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