unreconstructed

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Recent Examples of unreconstructed And not just those unreconstructed Confederates who write books quoting each other in their echo chambers suggesting the War wasn't about slavery but about economics and states' rights. arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2025 Thousands of anticommunist agitators, professional patriots, and unreconstructed confederates gathered to protest and disrupt. Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024 Walton remained an unreconstructed hippie the rest of his life. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2024 The most direct criticism of Peltz came from Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a management professor at Yale who is an unreconstructed fan of Iger’s. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unreconstructed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreconstructed
Adjective
  • Kratom is a plant native to Southeast Asia and is predominantly used to control chronic pain.
    Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But that becomes problematic in conditions like psoriasis, for which the memory of a flare-up can make the tissue overly sensitive to environmental triggers such as stress, leading to chronic inflammation.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Daisy’s strategy with Mike has always been to treat him like a misbehaved child, which works insofar as scolding an incorrigible child does.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • One challenger is a Latino community advocate, while the other is a habitual political candidate who has repeatedly lost.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 26 Mar. 2026
  • She is also charged as a habitual offender, according to prosecutors.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Critics of Israel often rightly point out that Palestinian radicalization is less the result of inveterate ideology than of continuous Israeli occupation, violence, and dispossession.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • An inveterate self-promoter, Salieri is determined to control how he’ll be remembered.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Federal authorities have warned California law enforcement agencies that the state could be a potential target of a drone attack tied to the escalating war between Iran, the United States and Israel — though officials stress there is no confirmed or imminent threat.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The California Department of Public Health said the six confirmed cases in the Sacramento area represent the third outbreak of measles this year in California.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • This shift won’t only make unregenerate oil producers richer.
    Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021
  • One stalks about the room like a criminal imprisoned, unregenerate, incorrigible.
    Patricia Highsmith, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
Adjective
  • In 2022, after he was hospitalized following a cardiac incident, Brendon's sister told fans he had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026
  • In 2022, a post on his Instagram account shared with fans that the actor had been rushed to the hospital after a cardiac incident, adding he had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Israeli fighter jets crossed the waters of the Persian Gulf on the afternoon of March 18th, a regular occurrence in the Israeli military’s campaign to weaken the Iranian regime.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Pettersson tallied his 500th regular-season point in his 533rd game.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Unreconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreconstructed. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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