/un'ree keuhn struk"tid/ , adj.
1. stubbornly maintaining earlier positions, beliefs, etc.; not adjusted to new or current situations: an unreconstructed conservative.
2. U.S. Hist. (of Southern states) not accepting the conditions for reinstatement in the Union after the Civil War.
[ 1865-70, Amer.; UN- 1 + RECONSTRUCTED ]