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unpunished

British  
/ ʌnˈpʌnɪʃt /

adjective

  1. not receiving or having received a penalty or sanction as punishment for any crime or offence

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Tim Cook must feel as though no good deed goes unpunished.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

There’s a reason the plaintiffs bar has a reputation for taking ethical shortcuts, and too often it goes unpunished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But Farbiarz was not inclined to let this disobedience go unpunished.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

This was largely thanks to La Liga's efforts to ensure those actions do not remain unpunished within a judicial culture that long treated football's "industrial" language and "banter" with indulgence.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

But she couldn’t let such an outrageous violation go unpunished.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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