untreatable
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The disease is progressive and fatal, and has until now been almost entirely untreatable.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
The findings mark a significant step towards developing new peptide-based treatments for currently untreatable neurodegenerative conditions.
From Science Daily • Oct. 8, 2025
Known by the stage name JD Twitch, he was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumour earlier this year.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
The pathogen was already resistant to the two most common anti-fungal drugs—and when they exposed it to higher temperatures, it quickly developed resistance against a third, leaving it essentially untreatable with current medicines.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024
An untreatable fungal disease called anthracnose is wiping out the lovely dogwoods not just here but everywhere in America.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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