unrepentant
Britishadjective
Explanation
If you're unrepentant about something, you refuse to regret it or apologize for it. An unrepentant cheater might brazenly lean over to get a better look at his friend's chemistry test. If you're repentant about something you've done or said, you feel terrible about it, and you express shame and remorse. If, on the other hand, you're unrepentant, you're not at all sorry. An unrepentant gossip doesn't feel guilty about spreading rumors. The word comes from the Vulgar Latin penitire, "to regret."
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Example Sentences
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Unrepentant sarcasm aside, Balls is out now via Sourced Media Books and makes a perfect holiday gift for your recent and future exes.
From Golf Digest • Dec. 3, 2019
Unrepentant to the end, Mladic pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him, and his lawyers said he would appeal his conviction.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2017
Unrepentant about his dogged approach, he claimed that "you must not be afraid to be thought a bore".
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2017
Unrepentant, Hornaday declared that the show would go on just as the sign said, “each afternoon during September” or until he was ordered to stop it by the Zoological Society.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2015
Shust tie me loose und you see,” replied Jan, the Unrepentant, the devil within him still unconquered.
From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by London, Jack
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