unreconstructed

Example Sentences

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A casual listener might take Mr. Youngkin for an unreconstructed Reaganite, but he sometimes speaks effusively about the affirmative powers of government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Flannery O’Connor’s thrillingly hard-edged tales about the unreconstructed South and its redemption-deficient malcontents will never lose their power to scratch us awake with their violence, humor and ugly truth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024

Most conferences have an opening round through which all can sleep save for the aforementioned next of kin and the unreconstructed geeks.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2023

My destination was Black Mountain, the fustiest and most unreconstructed ski area in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2020

I didn’t think it at all strange that a thirteen-year-old boy in the unreconstructed Southern town of Stamps spoke with an En- glishy accent.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou