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  • noun Plural form of incurable.

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Examples

  • But the result is a fascinating, though somewhat academic, glimpse into a closed world, where "incurables" were sent as a last resort, with no expectation that they would ever return to society.

    Dreams and Suitcases 2007

  • Send the "incurables" to the auction room, and fit him out anew with what should be the visible expression of your love and your desire for his welfare.

    The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Marion Harland 1876

  • Make no mistake, these were substantial, well-thought-out facilities that bore little resemblance to the token, vestigial cigar lairs for the incurables aboard today's cruise ships.

    When the Going Was Good Martin Rubin 2011

  • That is to say, the incurables and the obstreperous were given a dose of "black jack" or the "white potion," and sent over the divide.

    THE SPIKE 2010

  • Seventy thousand so-called ‘incurables’ had been killed since 1939, the first few by lethal injection, the vast majority by poison gas.

    Sealing Their Fate David Downing 2009

  • As Tom suffers his final humiliation, the other incurables are depicted as oblivious to his torment, each wrapped up in a solitary world of their own.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • But are there others out there who are genuine political junkies -- downright incurables -- and yet can't bear to watch this thing?

    January 2006 2006

  • As Tom suffers his final humiliation, the other incurables are depicted as oblivious to his torment, each wrapped up in a solitary world of their own.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • As Tom suffers his final humiliation, the other incurables are depicted as oblivious to his torment, each wrapped up in a solitary world of their own.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • Like all incurables, the Baron clutched at everything that seemed at all hopeful; he promised himself that he would have

    Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

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