| refinisher | (noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: preserver, renovator, restorer |
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| refit | (noun) outfitting a ship again (by repairing or replacing parts) | - |
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| (verb) fit out again | - |
| reflate | (verb) become inflated again | - |
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| (verb) inflate again | - |
| (verb) raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation | - |
| (verb) experience reflation | - |
| reflation | (noun) inflation of currency after a period of deflation; restore the system to a previous state | - |
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| reflect | (verb) reflect deeply on a subject | Synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, ruminate, speculate, think over |
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| (verb) give evidence of the quality of | - |
| (verb) give evidence of a certain behavior | - |
| (verb) to throw or bend back (from a surface) | Synonyms: reverberate |
| (verb) manifest or bring back | - |
| (verb) show an image of | - |
| (verb) be bright by reflecting or casting light | Synonyms: shine |
| reflectance | (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectivity |
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| reflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back | - |
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| reflecting | (adjective) causing reflection or having a device that reflects | - |
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| reflection | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflexion |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflectivity, reflexion |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflexion |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflexion |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflexion |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflexion |
| (noun) (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed | - |
| reflective | (adjective) capable of physically reflecting light or sound | - |
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| (adjective) devoted to matters of the mind | - |
| (adjective) deeply or seriously thoughtful | Synonyms: brooding, broody, contemplative, meditative, musing, pensive, pondering, ruminative |
| reflectively | (adverb) in a reflective manner | - |
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| reflectiveness | (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectivity |
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| reflectivity | (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflexion |
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| (noun) the capability of quiet thought or contemplation | Synonyms: reflectiveness |
| (noun) the fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surface | Synonyms: coefficient of reflection, reflectance, reflection factor |
| reflectometer | (noun) a meter that measures the reflectance of a surface | - |
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| reflector | (noun) device that reflects radiation | - |
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| (noun) optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece | Synonyms: reflecting telescope |
| reflectorise | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorize |
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| reflectorize | (verb) provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | Synonyms: reflectorise |
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| reflex | (adjective) without volition or conscious control | Synonyms: automatic, reflexive |
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| (noun) an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus | Synonyms: inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex |
| reflexed | (adjective) (of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees | - |
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| reflexion | (noun) the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) | Synonyms: reflection |
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| (noun) the ability to reflect beams or rays | Synonyms: reflection, reflectivity |
| (noun) a likeness in which left and right are reversed | Synonyms: mirror image, reflection |
| (noun) a calm, lengthy, intent consideration | Synonyms: contemplation, musing, reflection, rumination, thoughtfulness |
| (noun) a remark expressing careful consideration | Synonyms: observation, reflection |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, manifestation, reflection |
| (noun) the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface | Synonyms: reflection |
| reflexive | (adjective) referring back to itself | Synonyms: self-referent |
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| (adjective) without volition or conscious control | Synonyms: automatic, reflex |
| (noun) a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | Synonyms: reflexive pronoun |
| reflexively | (adverb) in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes | Synonyms: reflexly |
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| reflexiveness | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexivity |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexivity |
| reflexivity | (noun) the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
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| (noun) (logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself | Synonyms: reflexiveness |
| reflexly | (adverb) in a reflexive manner; by means of reflexes | Synonyms: reflexively |
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| reflexology | (noun) massage to relieve tension by finger pressure; based on the belief that there are reflex points on the feet, hands, and head that are connected to every part of the body | - |
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| (noun) the study of reflex action as it relates to the behavior of organisms | - |
| refloat | (verb) set afloat again | - |
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| reflux | (noun) the outward flow of the tide | Synonyms: ebb |
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| (noun) an abnormal backward flow of body fluids | - |
| refocus | (verb) put again into focus or focus more sharply | - |
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| (verb) focus anew | - |
| (verb) focus once again | - |
| refocusing | (noun) focusing again | - |
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| reforest | (verb) forest anew | - |
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| reforestation | (noun) the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | Synonyms: re-afforestation |
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| reforge | (verb) cast or model anew | Synonyms: recast, remodel |
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| reform | (noun) a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses | - |
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| (noun) a campaign aimed to correct abuses or malpractices | - |
| (noun) self-improvement in behavior or morals by abandoning some vice | - |
| (verb) make changes for improvement in order to remove abuse and injustices | - |
| (verb) break up the molecules of | - |
| (verb) produce by cracking | - |
| (verb) change for the better | Synonyms: see the light, straighten out |
| (verb) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | Synonyms: reclaim, rectify, regenerate |
| (verb) improve by alteration or correction of errors or defects and put into a better condition | - |
| reformable | (adjective) susceptible to improvement or reform | Synonyms: redeemable |
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| reformation | (noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | Synonyms: reclamation |
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| (noun) improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social or political or religious affairs | - |
| reformative | (adjective) tending to reform | Synonyms: reformatory |
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| reformatory | (adjective) tending to reform | Synonyms: reformative |
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| (noun) correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders | Synonyms: reform school, training school |
| reformed | (adjective) caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one | - |
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| reformer | (noun) an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel | - |
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| (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformist, social reformer |
| reformism | (noun) a doctrine of reform | - |
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| reformist | (adjective) favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | Synonyms: progressive, reform-minded |
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| (noun) a disputant who advocates reform | Synonyms: crusader, meliorist, reformer, social reformer |
| reformulate | (verb) formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis | Synonyms: redevelop |
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| refract | (verb) determine the refracting power of (a lens) | - |
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| (verb) subject to refraction | - |
| refractile | (adjective) of or relating to or capable of refraction | Synonyms: refractive |
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| refraction | (noun) the amount by which a propagating wave is bent | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
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| (noun) the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another | - |
| refractive | (adjective) of or relating to or capable of refraction | Synonyms: refractile |
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| (adjective) capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) | Synonyms: deflective |
| refractiveness | (noun) the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction | Synonyms: refractivity |
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| refractivity | (noun) the physical property of a medium as determined by its index of refraction | Synonyms: refractiveness |
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| refractometer | (noun) measuring instrument for measuring the refractive index of a substance | - |
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| refractoriness | (noun) the trait of being unmanageable | Synonyms: recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, unmanageableness |
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| refractory | (adjective) stubbornly resistant to authority or control | Synonyms: fractious, recalcitrant |
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| (adjective) temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to a process or stimulus | - |
| (adjective) not responding to treatment | Synonyms: stubborn |
| (noun) lining consisting of material with a high melting point; used to line the inside walls of a furnace | Synonyms: furnace lining |
| refracture | (verb) break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way | - |
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| refrain | (noun) the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers | Synonyms: chorus |
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| (verb) choose not to consume | Synonyms: abstain, desist |
| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: forbear |
| refresh | (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refreshen |
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| (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refreshen |
| (verb) make (to feel) fresh | Synonyms: freshen |
| (verb) refresh one's memory | Synonyms: brush up, review |
| refreshed | (adjective) with restored energy | Synonyms: fresh, invigorated, reinvigorated |
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| refreshen | (verb) become or make oneself fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, freshen up, refresh |
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| (verb) make fresh again | Synonyms: freshen, refresh |
| refresher | (noun) a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments | Synonyms: refresher course |
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| (noun) a drink that refreshes | - |
| (noun) a fee (in addition to that marked on the brief) paid to counsel in a case that lasts more than one day | - |
| refreshful | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, tonic |
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| refreshfully | (adverb) in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality | Synonyms: refreshingly |
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| refreshing | (adjective) imparting vitality and energy | Synonyms: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, tonic |
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| (adjective) pleasantly new or different | Synonyms: novel |
| refreshingly | (adverb) in a pleasantly novel manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a manner that relieves fatigue and restores vitality | Synonyms: refreshfully |
| refreshment | (noun) activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation | Synonyms: recreation |
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| (noun) snacks and drinks served as a light meal | - |
| refrigerant | (adjective) causing cooling or freezing | Synonyms: refrigerating |
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| (noun) any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator) | - |
| refrigerate | (verb) cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator | - |
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| (verb) preserve by chilling | - |
| refrigerated | (adjective) made or kept cold by refrigeration | - |
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| refrigerating | (adjective) causing cooling or freezing | Synonyms: refrigerant |
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| refrigeration | (noun) deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes | - |
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| (noun) the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes | Synonyms: infrigidation |
| refrigerator | (noun) white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures | Synonyms: icebox |
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| refuel | (verb) take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car | - |
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| (verb) provide with additional fuel, as of aircraft, ships, and cars | - |
| refueling | (noun) the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | Synonyms: fueling, fuelling |
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| refuge | (noun) act of turning to for assistance | Synonyms: recourse, resort |
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| (noun) a shelter from danger or hardship | Synonyms: asylum, sanctuary |
| (noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security | Synonyms: recourse, resort |
| (noun) a safe place | Synonyms: safety |
| refugee | (noun) an exile who flees for safety | - |
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| refulgence | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | Synonyms: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgency, shine |
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| refulgency | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | Synonyms: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, shine |
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| refulgent | (adjective) radiating or as if radiating light | Synonyms: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant |
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| refund | (noun) the act of returning money received previously | Synonyms: repayment |
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| (noun) money returned to a payer | - |
| (verb) pay back | Synonyms: give back, repay, return |
| refurbish | (verb) make brighter and prettier | Synonyms: freshen up, renovate |
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| refurbishment | (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: renovation, restoration |
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| refurnish | (verb) furnish with new or different furniture | - |
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| refusal | (noun) a message refusing to accept something that is offered | - |
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| (noun) the act of refusing | - |
| refuse | (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, garbage, scraps |
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| (verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: decline |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, reject, turn down |
| (verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: deny |
| (verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: reject, turn away, turn down |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, resist |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: reject, resist |
| refutable | (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutable, confutative, questionable |
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| refutal | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutation |
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| refutation | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutal |
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| (noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | Synonyms: disproof, falsification |
| (noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, defense |
| refute | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: controvert, rebut |
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| (verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | Synonyms: rebut |
| refuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, disprover, rebutter |
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| storefront | (noun) the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows | Synonyms: shopfront |
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| surefooted | (adjective) not liable to error in judgment or action | Synonyms: confident, sure-footed |
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| (adjective) not liable to stumble or fall | Synonyms: footsure, sure-footed |
| terefah | (adjective) not conforming to dietary laws | Synonyms: nonkosher, tref |
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| therefor | (adverb) (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it | - |
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| therefore | (adverb) (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | Synonyms: hence, so, thence, thus |
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| (adverb) as a consequence | Synonyms: consequently |
| therefrom | (adverb) from that place or from there | Synonyms: thence |
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| (adverb) from that circumstance or source | Synonyms: thence, thereof |
| tref | (adjective) not conforming to dietary laws | Synonyms: nonkosher, terefah |
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| trefoil | (noun) an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle | - |
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| (noun) a plant of the genus Trifolium | Synonyms: clover |
| (noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medic, medick |
| unrefined | (adjective) (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth | - |
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| (adjective) not refined or processed | Synonyms: crude, unprocessed |
| unreflected | (adjective) (especially of incident sound or light) not turned back by physical reflection | - |
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| unreflective | (adjective) not exhibiting or characterized by careful thought | Synonyms: unthinking, unthoughtful |
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| unreformable | (adjective) unrepentant and incapable of being reformed | Synonyms: unregenerate |
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| (adjective) insusceptible of reform | Synonyms: irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable |
| unreformed | (adjective) unaffected by the Reformation | - |
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