unpunished

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Recent Examples of unpunished Could the mother’s abuser also be that of the daughter—still unpunished to this day? Time, Time, 7 Apr. 2026 While the 1930s and 1940s did see some instances of carnival poking fun at the tyranny of the Nazi regime (none of which, it should be noted, went unpunished), Birdsall and other scholars maintain that the festival was, first and foremost, an avenue for propaganda. Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026 Rudiger’s challenge went unpunished as it was not spotted by referee Alejandro Muniz Ruiz and the video assistant referee (VAR) did not recommend an on-field review. Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Furthermore, the report said that crimes against journalists go unpunished in Haiti, where gangs control large swaths of the capital city, and have waged an intimidation campaign against media workers and local residents. Astrid Suárez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unpunished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpunished
Adjective
  • But also, a problem for our team is undisciplined fouling at times.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ryan Hartman took an undisciplined penalty in the final minutes against the Lightning.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The measure to authorize the culling of 80 of these specimens is due to the uncontrolled growth of the invasive species in the Magdalena River basin, said Minister Vélez when announcing the decision.
    Anabella González, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After initially being given three to four months to live, Sasse, 54, entered a clinical trial for a drug called daraxonrasib, an oral therapy (pill) that is designed to block the defective gene that triggers uncontrolled cellular growth.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Daisy’s strategy with Mike has always been to treat him like a misbehaved child, which works insofar as scolding an incorrigible child does.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The council is obstinate, dismissive.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But amid an increasingly obstinate City Council, opponent Ald.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Jared Speight is a stubborn titan of Long Island abstraction when star writer Roxy Margaux first becomes infatuated with his bravado.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
  • For concrete or tile, a mild cleaner helps remove the stubborn pollen film that builds up over spring months.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • From above, the light of an intransigent sun falls on the creosote bush, the coyotillo, the cat’s claw.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Among those in the last category Freston dealt with personally was Sumner Redstone, the intransigent late media magnate, whose $3.4 billion takeover of Viacom in 1987 allowed Freston to grow MTV from a scrappy DIY upstart to a world-beating, generation-defining institution.
    Jake Nevins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Combining all of this in one material has been difficult because thermal control and signal control rely on very different properties.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026
  • Despite the removal of material, the architecture can result in a busy design and potentially make reading the time difficult.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 May 2026
Adjective
  • Iran, with its massive military capabilities, its oil wealth, its appetite for regional hegemony and its obdurate Islamism may have been the foremost obstacle to Israel’s integration into the region since 1979.
    Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Despite the deluge of new data, the megaliths had given up none of their obdurate strangeness.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

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“Unpunished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpunished. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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