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
One is the diminished and unrepentant former governor who blames the left for his personal disgrace.
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Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Bianca and Shaad, who are watching, are horrified, but Alicia is unrepentant.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
Welles plays Falstaff as an unrepentant rogue, but also as a good man in the ways that truly matter.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
This is not an argument for more unrepentant violence and general bloodthirstiness on television, where women are still too often faceless victims in crime/horror dramas.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrepentant
Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Bianca and Shaad, who are watching, are horrified, but Alicia is unrepentant.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
Welles plays Falstaff as an unrepentant rogue, but also as a good man in the ways that truly matter.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
This is not an argument for more unrepentant violence and general bloodthirstiness on television, where women are still too often faceless victims in crime/horror dramas.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unrepentant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepentant
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The film takes place in the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, watching as ruthless prisoner Federico Carrasco takes control of the Huntsville Penitentiary.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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And, if hate doesn't come from inside the show itself, Black women are forced to endure online hate from ruthless fans.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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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
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That is a particularly egregious example of how the Trump Administration has been gratuitously cruel to the Sudanese.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
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Stacy, Tim’s wife, also died of pancreatic cancer five months later in February of 2024, a cruel hand for a family that for years had gone above and beyond in their efforts to raise money and awareness for cancer research.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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Most notable was the character Marty Morrison on Barney Miller, an out-of-the-closet and unashamed gay man.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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In any case, Mecha Break is a big and unashamed mecha game.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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What ensues is an endless cycle of backroom deals and shameless bribes, even costing Charlie his beloved Garbage Pail Kids collection in a scheme that ultimately goes nowhere.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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First, there was Fargo, which for five seasons across the past decade has managed to feel true to the spirit of the dark, comic crime masterpiece by the Coen brothers — among the most idiosyncratic of modern filmmakers — without playing as a shameless copy.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
29 July 2025
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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 20 Aug. 2025.
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