unreconciled
/' n'rek nsaild/
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Definition
- 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
- not made consistent or compatible
- two unreconciled accountings