unreformed

adjective

Definition of unreformednext
as in unrepentant

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Recent Examples of unreformed Over the following months, newspapers printed reports of committee decisions, as well as rumors, accusations, apologies and accounts of crowds that confronted recalcitrant dealers or unreformed drinkers of tea. — Barbara Clark Smith, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024 Jason Childs may be an unreformed Jay LeRette—the preacher minus the jail-cell epiphany, still adrift in a tumult of rages, unhelped by grace. — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023 The frightened priest Don Abbondio remains an unreformed—if somehow sympathetic—coward to the end. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022 But corruption and an unreformed judicial system are very much dashing Moldova's hope. — Cristian Gherasim, CNN, 17 June 2022 See All Example Sentences for unreformed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreformed
  1. unrepentant
  2. impenitent
  3. unregenerate
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  • Moczarski, who had once tried to assassinate Stroop, discovered that his cellmate was entirely unrepentant, and willing to discuss his crimes freely.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Captured after years on the run and sentenced to life in 2017, Mladic remained defiant and unrepentant, still revered by some Serbs as a nationalist hero.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of unrepentant
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  • For her part, having faced such criticism for over four decades, Newkirk remains blissfully impenitent.
    — Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Among the various allegations put forward are reports of drugging and fascist group chats, slave labour and foot photograph farms, with the brand’s impenitent founder Stephan Marsan at its centre.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Definition of impenitent
Adjective
  • 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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“Unreformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreformed. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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