unreformed

adjective

un·​re·​formed ˌən-ri-ˈfȯrmd How to pronounce unreformed (audio)
1
: not reformed : uncorrected
an unreformed criminal
2
: not originating with or shaped by the Protestant Reformation
unreformed churches

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Over the following months, newspapers printed reports of committee decisions, as well as rumors, accusations, apologies and accounts of crowds that confronted recalcitrant dealers or unreformed drinkers of tea. Barbara Clark Smith, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024 But by the following year, the unreformed Hamas, having killed hundreds of its rivals, had gained total control of the strip, which was then put under full Israeli blockade (with the cooperation of Egypt, which controls the Rafah crossing point in the south). Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024 But many of these countries were not content to be part of an unreformed United States–led Western order. Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2023 Jason Childs may be an unreformed Jay LeRette—the preacher minus the jail-cell epiphany, still adrift in a tumult of rages, unhelped by grace. Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for unreformed 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of unreformed was in the 14th century

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“Unreformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unreformed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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