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
  • Achalasia is a chronic condition that causes trouble swallowing and passing food through the esophagus.
    — Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Seeking relief from chronic pain About one in four American adults lives with chronic pain, defined as pain lasting more than three months.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 7 Nov. 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
  • The regime’s habitual recourse to maximalist punishments and mass purges will likely drive more elites to defect and maybe, more strikingly, muster unprecedented expressions of collective action.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • This doesn’t necessarily mean that more habitual voters have shown up, just that fewer less-regular voters have.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of habitual
Adjective
  • One of the guests chuckles with evil delight when Kerry confirms that someone got in trouble.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Vallow Daybell holds doomsday religious beliefs and has claimed that people in her life were possessed by evil spirits.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 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
  • Hollywood called out as immoral as studio puts paying viewers in charge of the screen.
    — , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Convince people that an innocent person represents an existential threat, furnish them with a frightening conspiracy theory about an immoral enemy, and some may become willing to kill.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 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
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