Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Not made consistent or compatible: Describes things, especially accounts, statements, or positions, that have not been brought into agreement or harmony.
   • Not resolved or settled: Refers to a state of conflict, disagreement, or difference that persists.
   • Not reconciled: In a broader sense, describes a person or group that has not accepted or come to terms with a situation, or where a relationship remains unhealed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The auditor found two unreconciled accounts in the company's financial records.
  • Their political views remain unreconciled, leading to constant debate.
  • She felt unreconciled to the loss of her home.

Advanced Usage

• "to be unreconciled to something": To not have accepted or come to terms with a difficult fact or situation.
  • He was unreconciled to his new role in the organization.
• "to leave something unreconciled": To intentionally or unintentionally not resolve a difference.
  • The committee left the conflicting proposals unreconciled.

Variants and Related Words

• Reconcile (verb): To restore friendly relations; to make consistent or compatible.
  • They worked to reconcile their differences.
• Reconciliation (noun): The act of reconciling; the state of being reconciled.
  • The peace talks aimed at national reconciliation.
• Irreconcilable (adjective): Incapable of being reconciled; fundamentally incompatible.
  • They held irreconcilable positions on the issue.

Synonyms

• Incompatible: Not able to exist or work together in harmony.
• Conflicting: In opposition or disagreement; clashing.
• Unresolved: Not settled or concluded.

Antonyms

• Reconciled: Made consistent or compatible; having restored harmony.
• Settled: Resolved or agreed upon.
• Harmonized: Brought into agreement or accord.

Adjective

1. not made consistent or compatible
   • two unreconciled accountings