[ adj ] impervious to correction by punishment <adj.all>
Incorrigible \In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, a. [L. incorrigibilis: cf. F. incorrigible. See {In-} not, and {Corrigible}.] Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error. ``Incorrigible fools.'' --Dryden.
Incorrigible \In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, n. One who is incorrigible; a person whose persistent bad behavior cannot be changed; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles; incorrigible and disruptive children need to be placed in a separate classroom.
But he is incorrigible.
Even his boosters say he's an incorrigible sentimentalist.
They now believe that anyone who says 'yes' to the Germans are incorrigible 'Vichyists'.
The Clinton administration, generally intemperate about trade questions, has decided that Japan is incorrigible.
They are enabled to take up goodness from it by moisture: they are incorrigible drinkers, not eaters. The second fallacy is that roots move around.