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incorrigibles

/ɪnˈkɔːrɪdʒəbəlz/ /ˌɪnkɔːˈrɪdʒəbəlz/

Meanings
noun
An incorrigibly bad individual.

Examples :

"The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders."
character person moral negative attitude society

Related Words

Illustration bad

bad noun

/bæːd/ /bɛd/ /bæd/ /beəd/

Error, mistake.

"The student made a bad on the math quiz. "

Illustration individual

individual noun

/ˌɘndɘˈvɘd͡ʒɘl/ /ˌɪndəˈ-/

A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.

"He is an unusual individual."

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lifers noun

/ˈlaɪfərz/

A prisoner sentenced to life in prison.

"The new warden was tasked with improving the conditions for the lifers in the state penitentiary. "

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in noun

/ɪn/ /ən/ /ɘn/

A position of power or influence, or a way to get it.

"His parents got him an in with the company."

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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prison noun

/ˈpɹɪzən/

A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

"The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century."

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are noun

/ɛə/ /ɛəɹ/

An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.

"The old blueprints for the house used the are as a unit of measurement. "

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or conjunction

/ɔː(ɹ)/ /ɔɹ/ /ɚ/

Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either [...] or".

"He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what."

Illustration an

an numeral

/æn/

One

"My sister has an older brother. "

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either adverb

/ˈaɪð.ə(ɹ)/

(after a negative) As well.

"My parents didn't want me to go to the party, and neither did my friends. "

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population noun

/ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən/ /pɒpjuːˈleɪʃən/

The people living within a political or geographical boundary.

"The population of New Jersey will not stand for this!"

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habitual noun

/-tjʊ-/ /həˈbɪ.tʃ(w)əl/

One who does something habitually, such as a serial criminal offender.

"The habitual tardiness of the student resulted in several detentions. "