Adjective: incorrigible in'kor-u-ju-bul [N. Amer], in'kó-ri-ju-bul [Brit]
- Unable or unwilling to be corrected or reformed
"The incorrigible troublemaker was expelled from yet another school";
- irreformable
- Difficult or impossible to manage or control
"an incorrigible mess"
- Having a persistent, unchangeable personality trait or habit
"You're an incorrigible optimist"; "He's an incorrigible romantic"
See also: difficult, disobedient, uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable, unreformable, unregenerate
Antonym: corrigible
Encyclopedia: Incorrigible