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Recent Examples of unpunished
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpunished
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Arkansas had an undisciplined 18 penalties for 193 yards, both school records, compared to 4 flags for 30 yards for Mississippi State.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
31 Dec. 2025
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But the Aztecs’ brutal, undisciplined loss at Albuquerque High was too much to overcome.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That winter, the concrete spillway collapsed in one section during massive storms, prompting the evacuation of 188,000 people as water raged uncontrolled into the river below, and concerns grew that part of the dam might fail.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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This produces a firm, inorganic-rich SEI that curbs excessive electrolyte loss and uncontrolled SEI thickening.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Mary Roy, too, married to flee violence—her father, a civil servant under the British, beat his wife and whipped his children—only to find that her husband was an incorrigible drunk.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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Who was this alien observer, whose gaze made me into a (slightly) better person, whose gaze (slightly) reduced my incorrigible self-centeredness?—
Michael W. Clune,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Not when Jaclyn is obstinate and over it.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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These books can feel obstinate in their refusal of pleasure—an approach that does not seem to interest Berman in the slightest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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These two ingredients mixed together creates a powerful mixture perfect for lifting stubborn stains off grout because of their high cleaning and brightening properties.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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The vinegar cleaning method isn’t foolproof, and sometimes stubborn residue can remain on your microwave walls.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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Public opinion has historically played a decisive role in shutdown fights, with voters often blaming the party seen as most intransigent.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Although Congress and Allende had months to work for compromise solutions to the nation’s problems, both remained intransigent.—
Kristina Mani,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jens generally chooses his words carefully, and is, what’s more, particularly reticent just after finishing a long and difficult winter delivery trip; what’s a person supposed to do with words in a blizzard anyway, up on a stormy heath and all directions lost?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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In his first start in the wake of Beau Pribula’s significant injury, Zollers walked into a difficult situation, and his stat line reflected it.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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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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Or perhaps this is the perfect opportunity to become obdurate, go weird and dive into the B-sides and deep cuts.—
Daniel Dylan Wray,
Pitchfork,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Unpunished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpunished. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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