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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreconstructed
Adjective
  • About two decades ago, Turner said, the healthcare industry started acknowledging the limits and risks of prescribing opioids for chronic pain.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Harvard Health reports the associations may stretch well beyond the gut, from autoimmune diseases like lupus, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis to chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, allergies, asthma, acne, obesity and even mental illness.
    Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Nilsson, an incorrigible Midwesterner, had a history of downplaying her depth.
    Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • 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
Adjective
  • In filings with the high court, the Justice Department said the Second Amendment allows Congress to restrict gun possession by habitual drug users.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • One of the bills signed Tuesday is an increase in registration requirements for individuals designated as a habitual violent felony offender, a violent career criminal or a three-time violent felony offender (SB 1332).
    Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026
Adjective
  • The inveterate white supremacist Woodrow Wilson mouthed anti-colonial rhetoric before reverting to form at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • The far-outside post doesn’t compromise this inveterate deep closer, but a lack of pace up front definitely will.
    Teresa Genaro, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Adjective
  • While there's no confirmed location, yet, experts have been able to rule out a few possibilities.
    Bryan West, USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • The confirmed tornado moved across parts of Enid, a city of about 50,000 people in Garfield County near the state's northern border, according to the National Weather Service.
    CBS News, CBS News, 24 Apr. 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
  • He was born with a rare congenital knee condition called bipartite patella, in which the kneecap doesn’t fuse together.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Kimmel has also gotten visibly emotional on his show in the past, including over his son's congenital heart condition.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • While Reaves returned for the conference semifinals, Doncic was unable to recover in time to rejoin the starting lineup at any point in the postseason after suffering a hamstring injury late in the regular season.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Fans had paid to see Durant and Irving play in their final regular-season trip of the year through Indianapolis.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 17 June 2026

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“Unreconstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreconstructed. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.

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