Explore Incorrigible through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like delinquent or unregenerate. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Incorrigible in a sentence
Incorrigible meaning
- Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
- Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
- Incurably depraved; not reformable.
Synonyms of Incorrigible
Using Incorrigible
- The main meaning on this page is: Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright. | Unmanageable; impervious to correction by punishment or pain. | Incurably depraved; not reformable.
- Useful related words include: delinquent, unreformable, unregenerate, uncontrollable.
- In the example corpus, incorrigible often appears in combinations such as: and incorrigible, an incorrigible, the incorrigible.
Context around Incorrigible
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Incorrigible
- In this selection, "incorrigible" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, commit, deemed, infallible, main, teenagers and church stand out and add context to how "incorrigible" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also an incorrigible show off and be infallible incorrigible indubitable and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "incorrigible" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with incorrigible
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was very wayward, stubborn and incorrigible. (7 words)
Askeladd was the incorrigible main antagonist of 's first arc. (10 words)
However, she eventually gets Mister's squalid living conditions and incorrigible children under control. (14 words)
Becks dodges an incorrigible church-going gossip by hiding in a cupboard, Suzie pulls out all the stops to welcome her daughter back from a summer with her dad and Judith salutes local fisherman as she swims nude in the Thames. (41 words)
Elaborating on Fein's definition, Dietz Bering of the University of Cologne writes that, to antisemites, "Jews are not only partially but totally bad by nature, that is, their bad traits are incorrigible. (33 words)
Lemos 2007, pp. 50-51 Laurence BonJour has argued that the classical formulation of foundationalism requires basic beliefs to be infallible, incorrigible, indubitable, and certain if they are to be adequately justified. (32 words)
Example sentences (18)
Askeladd was the incorrigible main antagonist of 's first arc.
He was really incorrigible and hell-bent to continue his peculiar and wayward lifestyle, to the chagrin and frustration of his ever-caring and dotting parents.
Some families did, of course, commit incorrigible teenagers or eccentric relatives to years of involuntary confinement and unspeakable treatment.
Becks dodges an incorrigible church-going gossip by hiding in a cupboard, Suzie pulls out all the stops to welcome her daughter back from a summer with her dad and Judith salutes local fisherman as she swims nude in the Thames.
This article reflects thoughts and observations captured in my forthcoming book from Manning called Think Like a Startup Founder: Anecdotes of an Incorrigible Technology Entrepreneur.
With a cult following of her own, the award-winning and incorrigible Rebecca Northan (Every Brilliant Thing) will direct the production on the Grand Theatre’s Spriet Stage.
Among it is a tinge of sickness and decay that comes as a result: It’s the incorrigible odor of injustice.
At school, he was dreadfully shy and suffered from a stammer, but was also an incorrigible show-off.
I am beginning to subscribe to the view that there must be some irredeemable and incorrigible demons inside the Aso Rock Presidential villa, walahi.
She was very wayward, stubborn and incorrigible.
The league doesn’t hate the Patriots but they have their hands full dealing with incorrigible cheaters.
Elaborating on Fein's definition, Dietz Bering of the University of Cologne writes that, to antisemites, "Jews are not only partially but totally bad by nature, that is, their bad traits are incorrigible.
However, she eventually gets Mister's squalid living conditions and incorrigible children under control.
Humans who died during all prior human history (but who were not deemed incorrigible) will be resurrected (or recreated) on the earth during the 1,000 years.
Lemos 2007, pp. 50-51 Laurence BonJour has argued that the classical formulation of foundationalism requires basic beliefs to be infallible, incorrigible, indubitable, and certain if they are to be adequately justified.
Poitier's breakout role was as a member of an incorrigible high school class in Blackboard Jungle (1955).
The only remainder is the impression of Pluto upon the wall, which represents his unforgivable and incorrigible sin.
These included an attempted overthrow of King in January 1789 by convicts described by Margaret Hazzard as "incorrigible rogues who took his 'goodwill' for weakness".
Common combinations with incorrigible
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and incorrigible 5×
- an incorrigible 4×
- the incorrigible 2×