Meaning

• An incorrigibly bad individual.

  "The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders."

Meaning

• Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.

  "The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse."

• Incurably depraved; not reformable.

  "His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution."

• Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.

  "The imp is incorrigible: his bottom is still red from his last spanking when he plans the next prank."

• Unmanageable.

• Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.

  "The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible."

• Incurable.