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unregenerate

adjective

Definition of unregeneratenext
1
as in chronic

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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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unregenerate
  1. chronic
  2. unrighteous
  3. habitual
  4. evil
  5. incorrigible
  6. immoral
  7. unreconstructed
  8. reprobate
Adjective
  • The Justice Department had sought no fewer than 80 years in prison, while Alsheikh requested five years, citing his age and his chronic medical conditions.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The painting is dedicated to Leo Eloesser, a San Francisco Bay Area physician who helped Kahlo with her chronic pain.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of chronic
Adjective
  • Ivey recently described the LGBTQ community as unrighteous in a live stream from his Instagram account.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ancient sacred writings teach us to avoid using unrighteous means to oppose the unrighteous demands of wicked rulers.
    — Chris John Amorosino, Hartford Courant, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of unrighteous
Adjective
  • Lowery pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter in addition to possession of a firearm by a felon in July, both Class D felonies with habitual offender status.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Most studies have looked at habitual tea intake and its possible effects on liver health rather than directly testing whether drinking a specific number of cups per day affects liver health.
    — Merve Ceylan, HEALTH, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of habitual
Adjective
  • In our conversations, his usual framing was about good and evil, not catastrophically warped thinking.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Well, everyone knows Ebenezer Scrooge was an evil, wealthy miser who hated Christmas.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of evil
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
  • What’s so immoral about a goal scored accidentally with a hand or arm anyway?
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • He was branded a heretic, in part for preaching that the nobility were immoral and so was nobility itself.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of immoral
Adjective
  • The liveliest glimpses of life seemed wedged between the old, unreconstructed city and the shinier, up-and-coming version.
    — John Bowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The notional heart of Hawkins is Jackson, a town south-east of Atlanta that gave the production a readymade, unreconstructed classic America.
    — James Medd, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Dec. 2025
Definition of unreconstructed
Adjective
  • These immoral legislators are reprobate, fraudulent leeches who need to be removed immediately.
    — Jeff Horseman, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
  • Gasoline is dirty, smelly, toxic, and environmentally reprobate.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of reprobate

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