unreformed
Not yet improved
Unreformed describes someone or something that hasn't changed for the better—particularly someone who persists in behavior others consider objectionable.
An unreformed smoker still lights up despite the health warnings.
An unreformed optimist maintains hope against all evidence.
The word often carries a note of affection or resignation: He's an unreformed gossip, but we love him anyway.
Applied to institutions, it means not yet modernized or improved: an unreformed tax code.
Impossible to reform
- recidivistHabitual criminal returner
- unrepentantFeeling no remorse
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- inveterateLong-established, unchangeable
habitual · chronic · unregenerate · irredeemable · relapse · backsliding · unapologetic · unremorseful
Firmly refusing to yield
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- stubbornRefusing to change course
immovable · unbending · inflexible · adamant · defiant · uncooperative · unwilling · opposed
Old and outdated
- outdatedNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- unreconstructedUnchanged in outdated beliefs
- prerenewalBefore a subscription continues
prerevolutionary · backward · undeveloped · stagnant · corrupt · dysfunctional · broken · entrenched
incorrigible
Impossible to reform
- recidivistHabitual criminal returner
- unrepentantFeeling no remorse
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
inveterate · habitual · chronic · unregenerate · irredeemable · relapse · backsliding · unapologetic · unremorseful · impenitent
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
stubborn · immovable · unbending · inflexible · adamant · defiant · uncooperative · unwilling · opposed · entrenched
antiquated
Old and outdated
- outdatedNo longer in use
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- unreconstructedUnchanged in outdated beliefs
prerenewal · prerevolutionary · backward · undeveloped · stagnant · corrupt · dysfunctional · broken · entrenched · feudal
unreformedreformed
Improved after abandoning wrongdoing
transformed · changed · converted · revised · modified
unreformedreformed
Improved after abandoning wrongdoing
repentant · rehabilitated · redeemed · converted · changed
unreformedreformed
Improved after abandoning wrongdoing
modernized · restructured · overhauled · revamped · updated