unregenerated

Not spiritually renewed

Unregenerated means not spiritually reborn or reformed—still in a state of sin or moral corruption.

In Christian theology, the unregenerated soul has not accepted divine grace: He preached to the unregenerated masses.

More broadly, it describes someone stubbornly unchanged or unrepentant: an unregenerated cynic, unregenerated in his old habits.

The more common form is unregenerate.

unreformed

corrupt

Dishonest, open to bribes

wicked · irredeemable · reprobate · unrepentant · unredeemed · unsaved · fallen · unreclaimed · unconverted · impenitent

stubborn

obstinate

Firmly refusing to yield

headstrong · recalcitrant · unyielding · adamant · obdurate · inflexible · pigheaded · mulish · dogged · unbending

hardened

callous

Cruelly insensitive to others

ossified · steeled · impenetrable · adamantine · solidified · toughened · tempered · stony · flinty · case-hardened

unchanged

static

Without motion or change

permanent · unchanging · unaltered · unmodified · untransformed · stagnant · unrenewed · unrevised · unreconstructed · same

Opposites
spiritual rebirth/conversion

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Restored after damage

regenerate · born again · reborn · converted · saved

moral/ethical reform

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Improved after abandoning wrongdoing

repentant · changed · transformed · rehabilitated · penitent

renewal/restoration

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Restored after damage

renewed · restored · revitalized · refreshed · rejuvenated

Family

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