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incorrigible

[in-kawr-i-juh-buhl, -kor-] / ɪnˈkɔr ɪ dʒə bəl, -ˈkɒr- /


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As an incorrigible collector of classical music recordings for 30 years, I confess I have never thought of the National Symphony Orchestra’s appearance on an album cover a reason to buy it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

“He always thought I was an incorrigible optimist. So he was genuinely astonished,” Bird would later say.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2023

He’s an incorrigible hustler, just making moves to get him through the day.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

There’s that insulin analogy again, she’s nothing if not incorrigible, that Marie.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2023

Fernanda had not counted on that nasty trick of her incorrigible fate.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez