How to Use unreformed in a Sentence

unreformed

adjective

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Most of Ukraine’s political class remains corrupt and largely unreformed.
  — Graeme Robertson, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
• Throwing 40% more taxpayer money at today’s unreformed public schools is a terrible waste of money.
  — WSJ, 29 May 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• That, too, represents institutional failure — one that will be, if left unreformed, catastrophic.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 31 Aug. 2020
• 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
• But Ralph Northam’s policy of automatic restoration of rights for unrepentant, unreformed, violent criminals is wrong.
  — Matt Ford, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2017
• The adoption of a new, post-dictatorship constitution – which would have reined in executive control – was scuttled by parliament last year, and the security sector, judiciary, and election laws remain largely unreformed, critics say.
  — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2021
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024