unrepentant
adjective
un·re·pen·tant
ˌən-ri-ˈpen-tᵊnt 
1
: not feeling or exhibiting shame or remorse : not repentant
an unrepentant sinner
2
: feeling or showing no inclination to change : unapologetic
He was an unrepentant eccentric and flamboyant dresser.—
David Sweetman
David Sweetman
unrepentantly
adverb
… plays the part of patient vegetarian whenever her unrepentantly carnivorous brother drops in …
—John Haney
John Haney
Examples of unrepentant in a Sentence
she was unrepentant about getting rid of her ex-roommate's junk
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—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
Yet in the years after World War II, many Germans were in varying degrees unrepentant, nationalistic or self-justifying.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
These two men clashed off and on over decades of friendship and collaboration interrupted by icy public feuds, largely rooted in fights about Michael’s unrepentant drug use.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
However, some scholars remained as unrepentant as the war criminals, unmoved by any amount of ghastly hard evidence, or at least not sufficiently moved to forsake the revolution.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
Yet in the years after World War II, many Germans were in varying degrees unrepentant, nationalistic or self-justifying.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
These two men clashed off and on over decades of friendship and collaboration interrupted by icy public feuds, largely rooted in fights about Michael’s unrepentant drug use.
—Shana Naomi Krochmal, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
However, some scholars remained as unrepentant as the war criminals, unmoved by any amount of ghastly hard evidence, or at least not sufficiently moved to forsake the revolution.
—Ray Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Unrepentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrepentant. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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