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What is the adjective for recidivists?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb recidivate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

recidivistic
  1. Being a recidivist; inclined to revert to previous behaviours.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. impenitent, unrepentant, unashamed, remorseless, unapologetic, uncontrite, unremorseful, hardened, shameless, unrepenting, unregretful, conscienceless, unabashed, obdurate, unreformed, defiant, relentless, incorrigible, unblushing, brazen, hardhearted, not contrite, without regret, without remorse … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Again, odds ratios were stronger for recidivistic violence than for violence in general or property offending.”
      “The drug courts should be working with the more recidivistic group of people and less with the first-time offender.”
      “Table 5 shows the significant predictors of various recidivistic outcomes after accounting for the differences in the follow-up period.”
recidivated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of recidivate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. relapsed, reverted, regressed, retrogressed, backslid, backslided, backslidden, retrograded, lapsed, degenerated, failed, weakened, faded, fell, felled, fallen, suffered, slipped back, slid back, fell back, fallen back, drifted back, went backwards, gone backwards, went back to, gone back to, turned back, deteriorated, receded, returned, declined, worsened, ebbed, decayed, atrophied, slumped, waned, crumbled, devolved, dropped, rotted, descended, subsided, slipped, retreated, slid, retroceded, went back, gone back, sunk back … more
recidivating
  1. present participle of recidivate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. relapsing, reverting, regressing, retrogressing, backsliding, retrograding, lapsing, degenerating, failing, weakening, fading, falling, suffering, slipping back, sliding back, falling back, drifting back, going backwards, going back to, turning back, deteriorating, receding, returning, sinking back, going back, going downhill, falling off, going to pot, going to the dogs, slipping, sliding, straying, going wrong, falling from grace, going astray, leaving the straight and narrow, going down the primrose path, declining, worsening, sinking, ebbing, decaying, atrophying, slumping, waning, crumbling, devolving, dropping, rotting, descending … more
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