past cure

Incurable or hopeless, especially of an illness that has a grim prognosis. We need to go see your grandmother tonight—the doctors believe that her condition is past cure.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hersh	-	Yiddish
Emilija	EM-ee-lee-yah (Serbian, Croatian)	Lithuanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
&Aelig;Lfswi&Thorn;	-	Anglo-Saxon
Beach	[bi:tʃ]
Bratomil	-	Medieval Slavic
Mu'tamid	-	Arabic