immedicable

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In the south, the disease, virulent and immedicable, had nearly annihilated the race of man; storm and inundation, poisonous winds and blights, filled up the measure of suffering.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

The evil was so wide-spreading, so violent and immedicable, that no care, no prevention could be judged superfluous, which even added a chance to our escape.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

As man recedes from one hastener of destruction, he inevitably approaches another: "Gross riot treasures up a wealthy fund Of plagues, but more immedicable ills Attend the lean extreme."

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

But the wounds were immedicable, as events were soon to prove.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

Weak you will find it in one only part, Now pierc'd by Love's immedicable dart.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)