unregenerate

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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 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
Adjective
  • They were joined by dozens of other performers across the rock ’n’ roll spectrum, from the hard-stomping Fleshtones to the incorrigible Supersuckers, to Tommy Stinson’s Bash & Pop, to the ageless Linda Gail Lewis — younger sister of music icon Jerry Lee Lewis.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
  • Critics attack it the same way: the recent success of a provincial right-wing party led many to view Austria as a land of incorrigible neofascists, for which it was sanctioned by the EU.
    Paul Lendvai, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2011
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • For those with a loved one facing Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or another chronic illness, the program will help participants better understand the costs of caregiving and the benefits of early planning.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Students reported a range of misfortunes, including severe injuries from car accidents, pregnancy complications, depression, PTSD, blindness and chronic illness—all conditions that could befall any STEM major at any time.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • After an early tutorial sequence where players learn the ropes of controlling the powerful yet agile ape, the story introduces its antagonists: Void Company, an evil corporate mining operation hell-bent on creating a golden banana monopoly.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
  • They weren’t built by the government, but rather by those evil greedy private corporations and individuals who are guilty of the heinous crime of providing millions of Americans with places to live.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Walczak has been an inveterate tax scofflaw since at least 2011.
    Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Though the organization had a history of taking action against (supposedly) immoral ministers, Kunstler had no direct evidence to prove this was the case with Rev. Hall.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • His plan calls for demanding that messages not change more frequently than every four seconds, not include flashing lights and not include obscene, indecent or immoral content.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • This new link between caffeine and AMPK could mean that habitual coffee drinkers have better stress resistance and cell turnover.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The senate’s habitual obsession with women as a threat (to conquest, power, imperial security, male dignity) cannot be overstated.
    Literary Hub June 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 8 Jul. 2025.

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