unreformed

adjective

un·​re·​formed ˌən-ri-ˈfȯrmd 

1

: not reformed : uncorrected

an unreformed criminal

2

: not originating with or shaped by the Protestant Reformation

unreformed churches

Examples of unreformed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But by the following year, the unreformed Hamas, having killed hundreds of its rivals, had gained total control of the strip, which was then put under full Israeli blockade (with the cooperation of Egypt, which controls the Rafah crossing point in the south). —Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024

But many of these countries were not content to be part of an unreformed United States–led Western order. —Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023

Jason Childs may be an unreformed Jay LeRette—the preacher minus the jail-cell epiphany, still adrift in a tumult of rages, unhelped by grace. —Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023

The frightened priest Don Abbondio remains an unreformed—if somehow sympathetic—coward to the end. —Sam Sacks, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1