corrigible
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These are failures that are entirely corrigible if the job seeker makes the effort to become self-aware and improve his or her odds of success.
From US News • Nov. 9, 2015
It was a big moment for sports-loving Hannegan too: he had been a three-sport letter man at St. Louis University, an in corrigible baseball fan in Washington and a faithful follower of the football Redskins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patient Mediator For much of his life, Nasser was an in corrigible conspirator, and his enemies were never benign.
From Time Magazine Archive
I chose for them a corrigible Eve, and an incorrigible Angel, and I grieve to say that the incorrigible Angel was also an Irish Angel!
From Sesame and Lilies by Ruskin, John
The eloquent criminal expert of Amsterdam, speaking ``on the discretion which should be left to the judge in awarding punishment,'' made a primary distinction between habitual criminals, incorrigible and corrigible, and occasional criminals.
From Criminal Sociology by Ferri, Enrico
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