as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
she was unrepentant about getting rid of her ex-roommate's junk
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Recent Examples of unrepentant
As the controversy raged on, the couple remained boldly unrepentant.
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Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
More twisted still is the underlying explanation for Maddie’s psychosis, which eventually comes out in therapy, giving Johnston a chance to play the unrepentant screen mom.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The main villain, meanwhile, is irascibly unrepentant for a very long time.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Her memoir's first chapter finds her as a teenager inebriated outside an Arizona nightclub, already standing at a metaphorical crossroads between herself and her unrepentant desires to achieve her most heartfelt desires as professional goals.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
More twisted still is the underlying explanation for Maddie’s psychosis, which eventually comes out in therapy, giving Johnston a chance to play the unrepentant screen mom.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
The main villain, meanwhile, is irascibly unrepentant for a very long time.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
Her memoir's first chapter finds her as a teenager inebriated outside an Arizona nightclub, already standing at a metaphorical crossroads between herself and her unrepentant desires to achieve her most heartfelt desires as professional goals.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepentant
Adjective
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Zimmer also received an Emmy nod for her portrayal of ruthless executive Quinn King on Unreal (2015–2018).—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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And in short stories and doorstops, her attention is ruthless and unflinching.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For her part, having faced such criticism for over four decades, Newkirk remains blissfully impenitent.—
Jan Dutkiewicz,
Vox,
8 Aug. 2024
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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
Adjective
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In Dahl’s original story, the Muggle-Wumps are clever and resourceful, using their smarts to turn the tables on their cruel captors.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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On the page, these serve to paint him in a monstrous light following his abandonment by his egotistical and cruel creator, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac).—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As long as the Jewish state stands on the front lines of civilization, the United States must remain at its side, unwavering, unbowed, and unashamed.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Sep. 2025
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Parson’s future fashion leaders used riotous, unashamed, almost unruly brightness — fused with enormous amounts of structure, substance, and intent.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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These shameless politicians are abusing their power to take away yours.—
Brittany Shepherd,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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None of that prevailed on Gov. Ron DeSantis, who rejected clemency (as usual, without comment) or on the Florida Supreme Court, which has become the nation’s most remorseless and predictable death factory.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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It is imperiled by a tyrannical president, a cowardly Congress and a remorseless Supreme Court.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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“Unrepentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepentant. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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