Adjective: unregenerate ,ún-ri'je-nu-rut
- Not reformed morally or spiritually
"unregenerate conservatism";
- unregenerated
- Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
"The unregenerate sinner showed no signs of remorse";
- stubborn, obstinate
- Unrepentant and incapable of being reformed
"an unregenerate criminal";
- unreformable
See also: bloody-minded [Brit], bolshie [Brit, informal], bolshy [Brit, informal], bullet-headed, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrarious, cross-grained, cussed [informal], determined, disobedient, dogged, dour, down-the-line [informal], hardheaded, impenitent, incorrigible, inflexible, intractable, irreformable, lost, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, stiff-necked, strong-minded, strong-willed, stroppy [Brit, informal], sturdy, tenacious, uncompromising, unconverted, unpersuaded, unremorseful, unrepentant, unrepenting, unyielding
Antonym: regenerate
Encyclopedia: Unregenerate