irremediable

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Whether a person with a major psychiatric disorder can muster the necessary volition to support such an irreversible decision, and whether doctors can reliably determine that a patient’s condition is irremediable, are major question marks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

These are adults, like April, who are not dying but have suffering which is intolerable to them from a "grievous and irremediable medical condition".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2025

He can adhere to the letter of the judge’s order and acquiesce in potentially laying the groundwork to dismiss the case at an irremediable point.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

We should drop the six-month requirement and keep the requirements that a patient have a grievous and irremediable medical condition, an advanced state of decline and unbearable suffering from the illness.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Much time had passed when she saw the last yellow butterfly destroyed in the blades of the fan and she admitted as an irremediable truth that Mauricio Babilonia had died.

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