cureless
Permanently without remedy
Cureless means having no cure or remedy—incurable.
The word is archaic or literary, rarely encountered outside older texts: a cureless disease, cureless sorrow.
Modern English strongly prefers incurable or, for non-medical contexts, irremediable.
Cannot be healed
- irremediableImpossible to correct
- remedilessHaving no cure
- unhealableCannot be mended
- unfixableCannot be mended
inoperable · irreparable · intractable · unrectifiable · unmendable · unrestorable · hopeless · desperate
Causing death or ruin
- end-stageFinal, irreversible phase
- dyingCeasing to live
- moribundNear death, failing
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
palliative · final · inevitable · inescapable · irreversible · countdown · decline · wasting
Beyond possibility of success
- futileIncapable of producing results
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- forlornSad and abandoned
resigned · helpless · dismal · gloomy · dejected · discouraged · disheartened · fatalistic
Lasting extended period
- lifelongLasting entire existence
- ongoingIn progress now
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- enduringPersisting through time
relapsing · progressive · debilitating · protracted · recurrent · manageable · symptomatic · palliative
untreatable
Cannot be healed
- irremediableImpossible to correct
- remedilessHaving no cure
- unhealableCannot be mended
unfixable · inoperable · irreparable · intractable · unrectifiable · unmendable · unrestorable · hopeless · desperate · terminal
fatal
Causing death or ruin
hospice · palliative · final · inevitable · inescapable · irreversible · countdown · decline · wasting · deteriorating
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- futileIncapable of producing results
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
forlorn · resigned · helpless · dismal · gloomy · dejected · discouraged · disheartened · fatalistic · melancholy
long-term
Lasting extended period
- lifelongLasting entire existence
- ongoingIn progress now
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
enduring · relapsing · progressive · debilitating · protracted · recurrent · manageable · symptomatic · palliative · remission
curelesscurable
Able to be healed
remediable · treatable · healable · rectifiable · correctable
secure, cure, curious, cured, curing, curable, incurable, securely, curator