UNREGENERATE Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

unregenerate

adjective

Definition of unregenerate

as in chronic

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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

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Adjective

Taking glutathione through a nebulizer may constrict the airways of people who have asthma or chronic lung conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
China is the world’s biggest consumer of human albumin, the most abundant protein in plasma, which is widely used in care for critical trauma such as burns, and restoring blood protein levels from chronic conditions, like liver diseases.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 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

But her kindly and supportive cop boyfriend Nick (Brandon Perea) rightly insists that the duo should perhaps move out of the house when Gemma’s habitual nightmares intensify.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026
Organizations frequently chase transformation through sweeping initiatives while overlooking subtle changes that disrupt habitual thinking.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of habitual

Adjective

She’d been told that people outside her faith were evil, and yet her pastor’s wife had turned her away while these scientists were literally bending over to help her.

— Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
Still, there is much old-school horror fun to be had here, with costume designer Liz Keogh Palmer and the team of makeup artists especially deserving of credit with their mind-blowing work on various evil spirits.

— Tomris Laffly, Variety, 19 Aug. 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

When Russians embrace the Eurasian narrative, they are also engaged in the political project of rejecting Europe and the West, which Putin and his allies deride as decadent, declining, and immoral.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
In the realms of art, literature, film, and television, words and images that would once have been considered indecent, offensive, or immoral are now commonplace, especially in the West.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 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

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