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unregenerated

unregenerated

1 9.9
Still holding old moral or religious beliefs
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnrɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd/
: no reformado
  • Her unregenerated beliefs prevented her from accepting new ideas.

Examples

  • We paused at the small, unregenerated hamlet of Realejo... ...to await the arrival of the leaders of the Liberal Party: Generals Munoz and Castellon.

  • 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.

  • Despite numerous protests, the unregenerated policies of the government continued unchanged.

Synonyms

unaltered
vsunregenerated
6 3.7

Still in its original state and not changed

applies to moral or spiritual unchanged character rather than physical sameness
unconverted
vsunregenerated
1 6.6

Still in the original form or not persuaded to accept a new idea

focuses more on moral or spiritual failure to be reformed
unreformed
vsunregenerated
1 5.9

Not changed from an older way of doing things

emphasizes moral or spiritual unchanged state rather than general stagnation
untransformed
vsunregenerated
1 5.2

Not changed from its original form or state

is specific to moral or spiritual lack of change, not physical form
unmended
vsunregenerated
  • Archaic
9.9

Not changed to better behavior after many chances

is less extreme, meaning simply not morally or spiritually reformed

Antonyms

24 4.2

A person who stopped bad behavior and now lives better

regenerate
  • Formal
1 7.4

A person who lives a better, more responsible life

How Reformed

reformed
24 4.2
unchanged
68 1.0
unreformed
1 5.9
unregenerated
1 9.9

Surface Forms

unregenerated positive

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.