English-French translations for incorrigible

• incorrigible
  Si même M. Pronk, que je connais comme un battant et un optimiste incorrigible, ne voit plus aucune chance pour le processus de paix, il est vraiment temps que nous tirions la sonnette d’alarme. If even Mr Pronk, who I know as an incorrigible go-getter and optimist, no longer sees a chance for the peace process, then it is really time for us to sound the alarm.

Definition of incorrigible

• Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright
• Incurably depraved; not reformable
• Impervious to correction by punishment or pain
• Unmanageable
• Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon
• Incurable
• An incorrigibly bad individual

Examples

• The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse
• His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution
• The imp is incorrigible: his bottom is still red from his last spanking when he plans the next prank
• The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible
• The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders

Related words

• incorrect
• incorruptible
• incorrectly
• incorruptibility
• incorrigibly
• incorruptibly
• incorrectness
• incorrigibility
• incorrection