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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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Alongside the setlist, Cameron checks in on Eilish throughout the 18 or so hours leading up to the show, as Eilish selects from her jersey-forward wardrobe, or gets special attention for her chronic ankle sprains.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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Third, chronic absenteeism is a growing concern.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Ivey recently described the LGBTQ community as unrighteous in a live stream from his Instagram account.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Their extraordinary ability seems to come from a habitual, even compulsive, reflection on their past and a focus on anchoring memories to dates.—
Gabrielle Principe,
The Conversation,
5 May 2026
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The next major revolution came with the habitual use of fire, beginning around 400,000 years ago.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Specifically, carapaces spelling out 8647, which is either shell-speak for evil intent or a bartender telling Patel to 86 his personal booze and buy a drink already.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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The story is built around Kitana’s childhood trauma of losing her father to the evil Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), who has taken over her home realm of Edenia, enslaving her mother as his zombie consort, Sindel (Ana Thu Nguyen).—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.—
David Pierce,
The Verge,
28 Feb. 2026
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Each side views members of the other party not as merely having a different view on politics but rather as evil or immoral.—
James Piazza,
Twin Cities,
30 Apr. 2026
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Pope Francis changed the church’s social teaching to declare capital punishment immoral in all cases.—
Nicole Winfield,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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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
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Thanks to Musk’s removal of most of the policies that had prevented extremists from dominating the site, and to the noxiousness of Grok, unreconstructed Nazism runs rampant on the platform.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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Gasoline is dirty, smelly, toxic, and environmentally reprobate.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
11 Apr. 2026
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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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“Unregenerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unregenerate. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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