unpunished
Britishadjective
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Villanueva, on the other hand, depicts the department’s Luna era as a sweeping failure that has left morale low, deputy jobs unfilled and criminals unpunished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Every tweet is met with an infinite scroll of rejoinders; no observation she posits goes unpunished.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"We will not let an act of such gravity go unpunished," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, adding he had called in Russia's envoy in Paris.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The decision was especially harsh in contrast to an incident earlier in the tournament when Argentine superstar Lionel Messi committed a similar foul against an Algerian player—and went unpunished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Even though the schoolteacher blamed Buddy, nobody had any proof, so Buddy went unpunished.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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