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Recent Examples of impenitent For her part, having faced such criticism for over four decades, Newkirk remains blissfully impenitent. Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024 Among the various allegations put forward are reports of drugging and fascist group chats, slave labour and foot photograph farms, with the brand’s impenitent founder Stephan Marsan at its centre. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024 Just look at the impenitent subject: the deep furrow between his eyebrows and the one that contours his cheek seem to want to connect and form a kind of scar in shadow. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023 But they were also imbued with a sense of impenitent joy that was paramount to the show. Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impenitent
Adjective
  • Those hoping to snatch a home in this busy period faced limited options on the market, as the country’s developers had chronically underbuilt compared to demand in the years following the subprime mortgage crisis, leading to ruthless bidding wars and climbing home values.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Hedda orchestrates a ruthless game of manipulation, where lust, jealousy and betrayal collide.
    Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Josh Safdie cannot resist an unrepentant scumbag protagonist.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In a 164-page sentencing memo sent to Judge Aron Subramanian, who oversaw the at times sensational federal trial, the prosecutors cited Combs’ unrepentant attitude and conduct while in federal lockup for the past 11 months in their filing regarding the recommendation.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Pahani’s 2006 award-winning comedy Offside, about the cruel cultural chains binding Iranian women, a group of young women attempt to gain entry to a stadium to watch a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Japan.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There is no reason to be cruel to people.
    Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Impenitent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impenitent. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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