UNRECONSTRUCTED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

unreconstructed

adjective

Definition of 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 Katznelson does not spare the reader the vivid, revolting details of the unreconstructed bigotry of many southern Democrats toward African Americans. — Taeku Lee, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013 See All Example Sentences for unreconstructed

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Adjective

Achalasia is a chronic condition that causes trouble swallowing and passing food through the esophagus.

— Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Nov. 2026
Seeking relief from chronic pain About one in four American adults lives with chronic pain, defined as pain lasting more than three months.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of chronic

Adjective

In interviews, colleagues and friends have painted the portrait of Galliano before his downfall as a brilliant designer as well as an incorrigible drunk who trashed hotel rooms.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Graham, who died unexpectedly on July 11 at age 71, was equally irascible and incorrigible.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 28 July 2026

Definition of incorrigible

Adjective

The regime’s habitual recourse to maximalist punishments and mass purges will likely drive more elites to defect and maybe, more strikingly, muster unprecedented expressions of collective action.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
This doesn’t necessarily mean that more habitual voters have shown up, just that fewer less-regular voters have.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of habitual

Adjective

The Beach Boys’ touring machine has been going nearly nonstop for the last 65 or so years, as Stamos and Christian Love noted in the intro, driven by Mike as one of pop music’s most inveterate and even seemingly compulsive tourers.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
An inveterate performer, Carvey gave off a sense of perpetual people-pleasing, and the results were undeniably popular and hilarious, as the laughs echoed throughout his sketches.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of inveterate

Adjective

But there's no confirmed international launch either, so I wouldn't get carried away just yet.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
The confirmed case inside an elementary school has some Harford County residents concerned about the presence of wildlife in the community.

— Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of confirmed

Adjective

Aimee Morrisby was born with long-segment Hirschsprung’s disease, a congenital condition affecting the nerves responsible for moving waste through the intestines, according to Nine Australia and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026
Some have an aggressive streak, a kind of congenital belligerence.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of congenital

Adjective

Philadelphia captain Alejandro Bedoya entered late as a substitute in his final MLS regular-season appearance.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Former Sounders midfielder Nico Lodeiro holds the record for a regular-season finale, scoring in 24 seconds for Seattle in 2022.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

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