How to Use unreformed in a Sentence
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But Fugazi drew lots of unreformed hardcore kids, and so the atmosphere inside the club was tense.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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Thickly ribbed cashmere is tie-dyed for a high-low combo that’s sure to make Dead Heads and reformed (or unreformed) hippies smile.
—Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021
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The party decides which ex-communists are repentant patriots (PiS’s ranks are full of such figures), and which are unreformed enemies of the state.
—The Economist, 21 Apr. 2018
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The peace process did not fare well, chiefly because Israel made the mistake of bringing the unreformed terrorist Yasser Arafat back from exile to negotiate on the Palestinian side.
—Mario Loyola, National Review, 13 Aug. 2020
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At the same time, inflexible and unreformed labour markets have hampered the rise of manufacturing and low-level services, the gateway for women in other poor countries.
—The Economist, 5 July 2018
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Most of Ukraine’s political class remains corrupt and largely unreformed.
—Graeme Robertson, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
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Throwing 40% more taxpayer money at today’s unreformed public schools is a terrible waste of money.
—WSJ, 29 May 2018
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Cruz’s argument is essentially that Texans should stay in the Union—but only as long as the flaws that give Republicans an unearned boost in political and electoral power remain unreformed.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
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Greeks discovered this in 2015 when their euroskeptic government and voters concluded its weak and unreformed economy couldn’t withstand a departure after all.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
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Small companies fail to grow into large (usually formal) ones because hundreds of unreformed labour laws make doing business legitimately a nightmare.
—The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
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That, too, represents institutional failure — one that will be, if left unreformed, catastrophic.
—Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
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If an unreformed banking system had faced this year’s u-shape scenario, its total core-capital ratio would have potentially dropped to 1.5%, with several big banks’ figures touching zero—ie, technical insolvency.
—The Economist, 9 July 2020
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But Ralph Northam’s policy of automatic restoration of rights for unrepentant, unreformed, violent criminals is wrong.
—Matt Ford, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2017
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Creating a conservative third party — as some have proposed — would have the effect of delivering national victories to a uniformly liberal and unreformed Democratic Party.
—Michael Gerson, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 June 2017
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Both countries urgently need to attend to their crumbling institutions, most importantly their underfunded, unreformed systems of justice and education.
—The Economist, 22 July 2017
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