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unregenerated

unregenerated

9.9
Still holding old moral or religious beliefs
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnrɪˈdʒɛnəreɪtɪd/
translation icon : 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
5 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
unmended
vsunregenerated
  • Archaic
9.9

Not changed to better behavior after many chances

is less extreme, meaning simply not morally or spiritually reformed
unreformed
vsunregenerated
5.9

Not changed from an older way of doing things

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

Not changed from its original form or state

is specific to moral or spiritual lack of change, not physical form

Antonyms

2 4.2

A person who stopped bad behavior and now lives better

regenerate
  • Formal
7.4

A person who lives a better, more responsible life

How Reformed

reformed
2 4.2
unchanged
62 1.0
unregenerated
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.