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BNC: 46701 COCA: 39309
BNC: 46701 COCA: 39309

unregenerate

adjective

un·​re·​gen·​er·​ate ˌən-ri-ˈje-nə-rət How to pronounce unregenerate (audio)
-ˈjen-rət
1
: not regenerate
the unregenerate condition of humanity
unregenerate pagans
2
a
: not reformed : unreconstructed
unregenerate liberals
unregenerate Confederates
b
: obstinate, stubborn
struggling against unregenerate impulses
his unregenerate competitiveness
unregenerately adverb

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There was a time when the adjective "regenerate" had more to do with being spiritually reborn than with being physically re-created; in the 16th century, "regenerate" was used of someone spiritually reborn. By the late 1500s, English speakers had added "un-" to "regenerate" to describe someone who refused to accept spiritual reformation. Since then, "unregenerate" has taken on a life of its own, gaining the extended specific meanings of "unconverted to a particular doctrinaire viewpoint," "persisting in a reactionary stand," or just plain "stubborn." Both "regenerate" and "unregenerate" trace back to the Latin genus, meaning "birth" or "descent."

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web This shift won’t only make unregenerate oil producers richer. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2021 One stalks about the room like a criminal imprisoned, unregenerate, incorrigible. Patricia Highsmith, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021 An actress, artist and, in an earlier life, unregenerate gadabout, Ms. Subkoff seemed intent on presenting the world with a shiny, self-assured and elegantly gift-wrapped version of herself. New York Times, 14 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of unregenerate was in 1561
BNC: 46701 COCA: 39309

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