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Feb 12, 2012
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in•cor•ri•gi•ble



Pronunciation: (in-kôr'i-ju-bul, -kor'-), [key]
—adj.
1. not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
2. impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable: an incorrigible child; incorrigible hair.
3. firmly fixed; not easily changed: an incorrigible habit.
4. not easily swayed or influenced: an incorrigible optimist.

—n.
a person who is incorrigible.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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