untreatable

adjective
UK: /ʌnˈtriːtəbl/
US: /ʌnˈtriːtəbl/

  1. A disease or injury that cannot be cured or successfully treated with current medical methods.

    1. The illness was untreatable, and the patient declined quickly.
    2. Despite the doctor's efforts, the advanced stage made the cancer untreatable.

  2. A person or situation that is impossible to manage or improve.

    1. His bad behavior seemed untreatable at that moment in classroom.
    2. The deep-seated corruption within the government proved to be untreatable.

Synonyms

irreversible unmanageable hopeless intractable incurable

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "untreatable" in English means: A disease or injury that cannot be cured or successfully treated with current medical methods., A person or situation that is impossible to manage or improve..

The phonetic transcription of "untreatable" is /ʌnˈtriːtəbl/ in British English and /ʌnˈtriːtəbl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "untreatable": irreversible, unmanageable, hopeless, intractable, incurable.

Example usage of "untreatable": "The illness was untreatable, and the patient declined quickly.". More examples on the page.