unregenerated
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd/
- Her unregenerated beliefs prevented her from accepting new ideas.
Examples
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We paused at the small, unregenerated hamlet of Realejo... ...to await the arrival of the leaders of the Liberal Party: Generals Munoz and Castellon.
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Because the neighborhood was the last of the unregenerated areas, it was marked for destruction.
Fiction book (1991) -
The town remains unregenerated, with many of its buildings still in disrepair.
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Despite numerous protests, the unregenerated policies of the government continued unchanged.
Synonyms
Still in its original state and not changed
Still in the original form or not persuaded to accept a new idea
Not changed to better behavior after many chances
Not changed from an older way of doing things
Not changed from its original form or state
Antonyms
How Reformed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unregenerated = regenerated (semi-transparent) = un + re + generate + ed
The step from 'regenerated' to 'unregenerated' is a standard negative prefixation meaning 'not regenerated'.
Etymology
Unregenerated is built from the parts un- 'not', re- 'again', and generate 'to make'. So it literally means 'not made new again' and is used for someone or something that has not been changed or reformed, often in a moral or spiritual way.