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unreconstructed

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N R IY0 K AH0 N S T R AH1 K T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not reconstructed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: literal or figurative

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not reconstructed.

Unreconciled to social or cultural change; particularly with respect to the Reconstruction after the American Civil War.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: literal or figurative

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: unreconciled, unrepentant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unreconciled, unrepentant

Antonyms: reconciled, repentant

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of unreconstruct

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

adhering to an attitude or position widely held to be outmoded

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • peasants are still unreconstructed small capitalists at heart
  • there are probably more unreconstructed Southerners than one would like to admit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: reconstructed

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English reconstructed English unreconstructed From un- + reconstructed.