† insanableadj.
Obsolete.
That cannot be cured, healed, or remedied; incurable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc.
unbootlyc1225
uncurablea1340
bootlessa1375
incurable1377
unremediablea1382
irreparablea1420
irrecuperable1430
unrecuperable?a1439
unrecoverable1461
unrecurable1465
remedilessa1513
remedeless1523
unrecompensablea1530
inemendable1532
immedicable1533
irrecoverablec1540
insanable1547
irremediable1547
irrecurable1548
unredeemable1551
cureless1557
unreparable1568
unrepairable1576
unmendable1584
unrelievablea1586
remedless1590
recurelessa1592
irrepairable1594
unrecovered1598
irremediless1602
unredressable1607
unsalvable1624
unrallied1651
reliefless1677
irrelievable1797
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy
remedilessa1500
unrecurable1597
insanable1657
irrecoverable1708
unredeemable1813
reliefless1852
incurable1879
1547 J. Bale Sel. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 166 Their own botches are insanable..for the multitude of their mischiefs.
1657 W. Morice Coena quasi Κοινὴ Def. xix. 339 They think them..so insanable, that they deserve not to be admonished.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun] > beyond recovery
desperateness1571
remedilessness1601
irremediablenessa1631
incurability1632
incurableness1634
unrelievableness1654
insanability1659
irreparableness1727
curelessness1892
irredressibility1892
1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence iii. 18 Not from any insanability in the soar, but want of seasonable Surgery.
1831 N. Amer. Med. Jrnl. 11 91 The insanability of consumption has become almost proverbial.
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