untreatable

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unable to be cured; not able to be treated.

Example Sentences

The doctor informed the patient that his condition was untreatable.

The untreatable disease left the family feeling helpless.

Despite the best efforts of the medical team, the illness remained untreatable.

The veterinarian sadly confirmed that the dog's condition was untreatable.

She was devastated to learn that her chronic pain was untreatable.

The untreatable nature of the virus caused widespread panic in the community.

The doctor explained that the patient's rare condition was untreatable with current medical knowledge.

The untreatable tumor continued to grow despite aggressive treatments.

The untreatable mental illness posed a significant challenge for the patient and their loved ones.

The doctor recommended palliative care for the untreatable condition to improve the patient's quality of life.

Real-world Examples

It's known as the untreatable disease for a reason.

Source: Daily Life Medical Science Popularization

You could help discover new, cheaper drugs for currently untreatable diseases.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

And some of the new strands of the disease appeared to be completely untreatable.

Source: NPR News March 2013 Compilation

The sexually transmitted infection can cause infertility and doctors fear it could soon become untreatable.

Source: BBC Listening March 2018 Compilation

It's an untreatable virus, so once you've got it, there's no cure.

Source: Daily Life Medical Science Popularization

And so a vancomycin resistance moved into these strains, we could have untreatable strains of a very common resistant organism.

Source: Discovery documentary "Understanding Bacteria"

Halocin has potent antibacterial activity against almost all antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens, including untreatable panresistant infections.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2020 Compilation

New antibiotics are desperately needed as doctors face the growing challenge of infections that resist current drugs and could become untreatable.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2016

Psychiatrists and mental-health personnel typically assume that the mental problems of the old are untreatable .

Source: Advanced English (Part 2)

See, these invasive clawed frogs carry and transmit a nasty fungus known as BD that causes the deadly and untreatable disease chytridiomycosis.

Source: Scishow Selected Series

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