unforgiven

American  

[uhn-fer-giv-uhn] / ˌʌn fərˈgɪv ən /

adjective

1. not pardoned or absolved; still subject to punishment, resentment, or an obligation to repay.

---

Example Sentences

There are no real demons here, only those insubstantial ones from bygone days — unforgiven betrayals, old jealousies, unforgotten guilt — that bedevil the present.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

Running afoul of the still-unclear SBA rules poses a potential hazard for lenders, who risk getting stuck with unforgiven loans on their books or litigation, lawyers said.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2020

“Women’s humor, if taken out of context, is usually unforgiven and held against them,” says Jennifer Carroll, Maggie’s List’s spokeswoman and the former lieutenant governor of Florida.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2020

You have changed my life completely, and for this you are unforgiven.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2016

To go down into the grave, unwashed, unforgiven, was to go down into the pit forever, where terrors awaited him greater than any the earth, for all her age and groaning, had ever borne.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin