impenitent

American  

[im-pen-i-tuhnt] / ɪmˈpɛn ɪ tənt /

adjective

1. not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate.

   Synonyms:

   hardened, uncontrite, unrepentant

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impenitent British  

/ ɪmˈpɛnɪtənt /

adjective

1. not sorry or penitent; unrepentant

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Other Word Forms

• impenitence noun
• impenitency noun
• impenitently adverb
• impenitentness noun

Etymology

Origin of impenitent

1525–35; < Late Latin impaenitent- (stem of impaenitēns ) unrepentant. See im- ², penitent

Example Sentences

In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2023

In Maxwell’s impenitent gaze, we could see the broader audacity of the Epstein affair.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2019

She loved that Lorraine was impenitent and fought out of professional duty, rather than to avenge, say, the loss of a husband or child.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2017

But her new employer, Politico Europe, was keen to appoint an impenitent to fire warning shots across the commission’s bow.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

You will say that this is an aggravation of the whole matter and the most impenitent sort of an apology.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton