unregenerate

UK/ʌnri'dʒenәrәt/US

GREB1

Definitions

adj.

Stubbornly refusing to change or reform; unrepentant.

顽固不化的；不思悔改的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

un-not, reversal

re-again, back

genbirth, produce, kind

-ateto make, having

=unregenerate

un- (not) + regenerate. regenerate = re- (again) + gen (born) = 'born again,' spiritually renewed. unregenerate = not made new — set in one's bad old ways.

Root gen still carries 140 more words

Example Sentences

1.
He remained an unregenerate gambler despite years of warnings.
2.
The party's unregenerate hardliners blocked every reform.

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