🚫 Not reformed 🧳 Not collected 🌾 Not improved

unreclaimed

1 8.9

Not changed to behave better despite help

adjective
/ˌʌn.rɪˈkleɪmd/

: no rehabilitado

Her behavior at the party revealed that she was still an unreclaimed addict, despite previous interventions.

Examples

I thought you were an unreclaimed bachelor.

The Painted Veil (1934)
Despite numerous attempts at therapy, he remained an unreclaimed individual, refusing to change his ways.
After several failed rehabilitation programs, he was labeled unreclaimed by the counselors due to his persistent issues.

Synonyms

unchastened

vsunreclaimed

Formal

1 9.5

Still not humble after criticism or punishment

is broader, meaning generally resistant to rehabilitation or correction

unmended

vsunreclaimed

Archaic

9.9

Not changed to better behavior after many chances

is the modern, non-archaic term for the same resistant to reform

Antonyms

reformed

2 4.2

A person who stopped bad behavior and now lives better

corrected

3.7

Made right after an error or adjustment

How Reformed

reformed

2 4.2

reformable

1 5.2

unreclaimed

1 8.9

incorrigible

15 8.1

Surface Forms

unreclaimed positive

Morphology

unreclaimed = reclaimed (semi-transparent) = un + re + claim + ed

Formation is regular ('un-' + 'reclaimed') but the sense 'reclaim' = 'reform morally/behaviorally' is less common and may not be obvious to average learners.

Etymology

For people, unreclaimed comes from un- ('not') and reclaim ('bring back to a better state'), which is like trying to 'reform' someone, so a helpful way to remember it is that an unreclaimed person has not been changed by help or rules. So, unreclaimed describes someone who resists change.