Meaning & use
Unregenerate
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Not reformed or spiritually renewed; stubbornly unrepentant or unchanged in one's ways.
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He remained an unregenerate cynic despite years of good fortune.
The novel's villain is portrayed as an unregenerate criminal beyond redemption.
A note on using this word
The word has roots in religious language, originally describing someone not spiritually "regenerated" or born again.
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Words with an opposite meaning
reformedrepentant
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