unpunished
adjective
un·pun·ished
ˌən-ˈpə-nisht 
: not punished
an unpunished criminal/crime
an offense that should not be allowed to go unpunished
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Bonitto was flagged for unnecessary roughness, but the retaliation went unpunished.
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Talk about no good deed going unpunished.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
Prigg, who went unpunished along with his accomplices, became a sheriff.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Despite numerous conclusive assessments that the Saudi regime planned and perpetrated Khashoggi’s murder, the high-level officials who ordered his execution have gone unpunished, six years on.
—Scott Griffen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
Talk about no good deed going unpunished.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
Prigg, who went unpunished along with his accomplices, became a sheriff.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Despite numerous conclusive assessments that the Saudi regime planned and perpetrated Khashoggi’s murder, the high-level officials who ordered his execution have gone unpunished, six years on.
—Scott Griffen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Unpunished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpunished. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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