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
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At its most serrated, the show has satirized the unrepentant predation that marked the heights of televangelism, as churches were remade into spiritual money-laundering operations.
—Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Yet through both his words and his actions, Audubon the man was an unrepentant enslaver and opponent of the abolitionist movement - an aspect of his legacy under scrutiny today.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
An unrepentant Donald Trump went south Friday with an adjusted strategy designed to turn his three indictments into political weapons - including frequent threats to his opponents.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
But those responsible typically offer only half-hearted apologies or remain unrepentant, while their millions of views discourage reflection.
—WIRED, 28 July 2023
Judy Blume Forever, released on Prime Video, operates as both a biography of Blume and a reminder of the power of her unrepentant truth-telling.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
Serbia’s economy was a wreck, and the European Union was not about to bail out a country widely seen as a den of unrepentant war criminals.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
Ditto disciples of dance, musical-theater fanatics, and — the worst, most masochistic, and unrepentant art-rush addicts of them all — moviegoers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
Wilson Despite McDowell’s best efforts to be unrepentant and deserving of whatever horrible fate may befall him, the one-note depiction of Howard is the movie’s weak link.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
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Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
Yet through both his words and his actions, Audubon the man was an unrepentant enslaver and opponent of the abolitionist movement - an aspect of his legacy under scrutiny today.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
An unrepentant Donald Trump went south Friday with an adjusted strategy designed to turn his three indictments into political weapons - including frequent threats to his opponents.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
But those responsible typically offer only half-hearted apologies or remain unrepentant, while their millions of views discourage reflection.
—WIRED, 28 July 2023
Judy Blume Forever, released on Prime Video, operates as both a biography of Blume and a reminder of the power of her unrepentant truth-telling.
—Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
Serbia’s economy was a wreck, and the European Union was not about to bail out a country widely seen as a den of unrepentant war criminals.
—Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
Ditto disciples of dance, musical-theater fanatics, and — the worst, most masochistic, and unrepentant art-rush addicts of them all — moviegoers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2023
Wilson Despite McDowell’s best efforts to be unrepentant and deserving of whatever horrible fate may befall him, the one-note depiction of Howard is the movie’s weak link.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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