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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

Higher up on the island, outside the three-story cellhouse where some of the nation’s most incorrigible prisoners were once locked away in primitive cells, 10-year-old Melody Garcia, visiting with family from Concord, appeared equally perplexed.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

Having signed a bipartisan package of bills, Newsom will ask voters to approve billions of dollars aimed at alleviating California’s seemingly incorrigible homelessness crisis.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023

Yale Law School, the instigator of the boycott, is among those that see the rankings as incorrigible.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

“Yeah, Pudge is adorable / but you want incorrigible / so Jake is more endurable / ’cause he’s so—damn.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green


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