incurability
No possible remedy
Incurability is the quality of being impossible to cure or remedy.
The term applies most often to diseases: the incurability of certain cancers, coming to terms with his condition's incurability.
It extends to anything resistant to correction or improvement: the incurability of his optimism, the apparent incurability of political corruption.
Cannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- irrevocableCannot be undone
unchangeable · fixed · lasting · permanent · irremediable · irreparable · unrecoverable · untreatable
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- end-stageFinal, irreversible phase
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
- inoperableCannot be repaired
metastatic · mortality · hospice · prognosis · deterioration · decline · advanced · progressive
Lasting entire existence
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- remissionTemporary disease absence
- symptomaticShowing signs of disease
long-term · ongoing · persistent · degenerative · maintenance · flare-ups · coping · adaptation
Total absence of hope
- futilityLack of purpose
- hopelessnessState without hope
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
grief · acceptance · denial · anguish · devastation · coping · counseling
irreversible
Cannot be undone
- unalterableIncapable of being changed
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- indelibleImpossible to remove
irrevocable · unchangeable · fixed · lasting · permanent · irremediable · irreparable · unrecoverable · untreatable · refractory
fatal
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- end-stageFinal, irreversible phase
- palliativeOffering relief, not remedy
inoperable · metastatic · mortality · hospice · prognosis · deterioration · decline · advanced · progressive · finality
lifelong
Lasting entire existence
- managementOrganizing and directing resources
- relapsingReturning to worse state
- remissionTemporary disease absence
symptomatic · long-term · ongoing · persistent · degenerative · maintenance · flare-ups · coping · adaptation
despair
Total absence of hope
- futilityLack of purpose
- hopelessnessState without hope
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
helplessness · grief · acceptance · denial · anguish · devastation · coping · counseling
incurabilitycurability
Potential for complete healing
treatability · recoverability · reversibility · manageability · controllability
incurabilityfixability
Potential to be repaired
reparability · correctability · solvability · reversibility · amendability
secure, curing, curable, incurable, curate, curator, curative, incurables