untreatable

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adjective

Not treatable; impossible to treat.

OriginEnglish treatable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuntreatable (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot treatable; impossible to treat.
noununtreatable (plural untreatables)

plural untreatables

  1. A person with a condition that cannot be treated.

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. Englishtreatable
  9. Englishuntreatable

From un- + treatable.

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Translations

Hindi असाध्य
  • असाध्य (asādhya)Translations
Spanish intratable
  • intratableTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

untreatable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untreatable

MLA

“untreatable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untreatable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untreatable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untreatable.

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