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unreconciled

unreconciled

1 7.2
People or things that do not agree with each other
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnˈrɛkənˌsaɪld/
translation icon : no reconciliado
  • After their argument, they remained unreconciled and avoided talking to each other.
  • an unreconciled past

It's a spiritual being is still burdened with an unreconciled split, right?

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Examples

  • Why are the races unreconciled?

  • In such cases, a history of unreconciled comparative perspectives and epistemologies ought to be less troubling than the continued pursuit of knowledge with potent military and cultural applications.

    Academic text (2001)
  • But differences of explanation remained unreconciled, and explanations of particular processes and outcomes did not add up to an understanding of how a national economy works.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Israel "surrounded by a sea of unreconciled enemies" reminds an Armenian of the situation in Soviet Armenia today.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Such a Europe would have remained a mosaic of warring tribes, undigested and unreconciled in their separate feeding camps.

    Academic text (1999)
  • It is under such conditions, I believe, that the failure to address past injuries, the "unreconciled society" as it were, creates the greatest vulnerability to collective regression and even pathology.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The tensions and rivalries fueled by British governance remain unreconciled until they erupt in violence, tearing apart the nation fabricated by the British.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Thus, in the political commentaries, book reviews, and literary essays she produced from the late 1920s to the late 1950s, Bowen's view of the world at large is always in dialogue with her view of Ireland's potential futures and its still unreconciled past.

    Academic text (2010)
  • However, a careful consideration of Spain's history of violence over the last eighty years and the competing analyses of it actually demonstrates that, if unreconciled with its past, new cycles of impunity will ensue.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The two sides have not found a way to address their unreconciled differences over the treaty.

Synonyms

inconsistent
vsunreconciled
96 4.7

Not staying the same over time and not agreeing with other facts

is narrower, focusing on absence of being made compatible or consistent
discordant
vsunreconciled
9 7.4

Not fitting together and often clashing in sound or opinion

applies more broadly to things not made compatible or consistent
conflicting
vsunreconciled
7 4.2

Having ideas, facts, or feelings that do not agree with each other

means not made compatible rather than actively opposing each other
at variance
vsunreconciled
  • Formal
2 7.7

Not in agreement with other people, facts, or ideas

highlights lack of reconciliation or formal agreement rather than conflict alone
dissonant
vsunreconciled
1 7.1

Colors, opinions, or sounds that do not match and seem to clash

is the neutral state of not being brought into agreement
disharmonious
vsunreconciled
1 7.8

Not fitting together, like clashing sounds or colors

emphasizes failure to be made consistent or brought into agreement
inharmonious
vsunreconciled
1 8.3

Things that do not look or sound pleasant together

stresses inability to be brought into agreement rather than displeasing form
inconsonant
vsunreconciled
9.8

Not in agreement with something else

is about things not brought into agreement or made compatible
disharmonic
vsunreconciled
8.2

Not matching other things in look, feeling, or ideas

focuses on not being made consistent or reconciled with each other
unharmonious
vsunreconciled
7.3

Not pleasing together in sound, color or feeling

is about incompatibility or not being made consistent, not aesthetics
unconformable
vsunreconciled
9.9

Not following usual rules or ways

focuses on absence of being brought into agreement rather than mere nonconformity

Antonyms

Made to agree or fit together after a disagreement

4.4

Arranged so parts match and work well together

How Reconciled

harmonious
14 4.2
compatible
112 4.1
unreconciled
1 7.2
incompatible
41 6.2
contradictory
72 6.1

Surface Forms

unreconciled positive

Morphology

unreconciled = reconciled (transparent) = un + reconcile + ed

The adjective is formed by adding the negating prefix 'un-' to 'reconciled', a regular negation of a participial adjective.

Etymology

Unreconciled starts with un- meaning 'not' and comes from reconcile, which originally meant 'bring together' or 'make friendly', the same root you see in council, a group that brings people together. So unreconciled describes people or things that are 'not' brought into agreement.