unreconstructed

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Recent Examples of unreconstructed 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreconstructed
Adjective
  • But babies, people with weakened immune systems, and those with chronic lung conditions are more likely to get seriously sick, developing illnesses like bronchiolitis or pneumonia.
    Evan Moore November 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • According to the superintendent, chronic absenteeism was a large factor in its letter grade drop and has created plans for each of its schools to celebrate and encourage attendance.
    Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Who was this alien observer, whose gaze made me into a (slightly) better person, whose gaze (slightly) reduced my incorrigible self-centeredness?
    Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Bennett has faced several charges in recent years, including communicating threats, domestic violence, and habitual larceny.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But the world had ended up there by passing through an unbroken series of decisions not to cut emissions and to do something else instead; and this practice had become so habitual and systemic as to threaten to determine the next phase too.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.
    Maite Sebastiá, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Unless just being an inveterate people-pleaser produces the same result.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For confirmed flights, passengers should arrive to the airport two hours before a domestic flight and three hours before an international flight.
    Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • During a press conference on Wednesday, Trump was asked about the details of the new directive and confirmed report.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
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
  • Demi, who was born and raised in South Africa, had a half-sister, Franje Peters, with a congenital brain defect.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But vets found that, while her health had improved, her blindness was permanent—likely the result of a congenital condition.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • McCutcheon, who scored four goals in the regular season, seems to shift into a second gear during the playoffs, having now scored three times in four postseason games.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Managing fatigue and high blood pressure involves lifestyle changes like eating a balanced diet, staying active, and getting regular checkups.
    Alexandria Nyembwe, Health, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Unreconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreconstructed. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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