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as in incorrigible
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as in unrighteous
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Recent Examples of unregenerate
This shift won’t only make unregenerate oil producers richer.
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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
An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout, Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself.
—New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
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
An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout, Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself.
—New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unregenerate
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Having to spend three hours being poked and prodded and prevented from making phone calls rankled; Diamandis is an incorrigible multitasker.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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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
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Spears writes of these unrighteous men matter-of-factly, avoiding the ad hominem attack, except for an occasional delicious arrow, including a recollection of the eternally white Timberlake meeting one of his rap heroes.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2023
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He’s gone through buzzard-hot streaks and some slumps, at times taking wholly unrighteous shots, and none of that matters to the shooting guard.—
Gordon Monson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
23 Apr. 2021
Adjective
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Michaels specifically attended the briefing to support Trump and Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again Commission's report on childhood chronic illness.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The final day, Sept. 14, culminates with Runway 7’s third edition of the philanthropic initiative, Project Lab Coat, a runway experience dedicated to raising awareness and funds for chronic illnesses.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As Wednesday processes this, the evil one-eyed crow shows up and flies off with her evidence in its beak.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Ed and Lorraine had contact with the most vile and evil entities tied to those objects.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Walczak has been an inveterate tax scofflaw since at least 2011.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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An inveterate traveler who had explored 60-plus countries and often incorporated historical art and cultural references into her designs, McFadden died in September at the age of 85.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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Rudy flames out on his first day, though, and ends up working for a shady lawyer named Bruiser (Lana Parrilla) and her gleefully immoral paralegal Deck (P.J. Byrne).—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Aug. 2025
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Others argue the bombings were militarily unnecessary, inherently immoral, and primarily designed to flex American power.—
David Cavell,
Time,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Teams fall into habitual roles, and no number of workshops or retreats will help unless those roles are identified and disrupted.—
Jerry Colonna,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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There are many reasons to distrust Netanyahu: his habitual lying; his willingness to prop up his coalition with religious zealots and racists; his brutal, protracted prosecution of the war in Gaza, a strategy that seems motivated in no small measure by a desire to cling to power.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Logan has just told Frank that, after 35 years of service, he’s being pushed into a secondary role, in part because Logan is considering which of his reprobate children will be taking over his corporate empire.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Apr. 2023
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To many of them, killing someone with such a reprobate mind was justifiable by God’s laws.—
Time,
Time,
7 Nov. 2022
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“Unregenerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unregenerate. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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