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
Bianca and Shaad, who are watching, are horrified, but Alicia is unrepentant.
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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
Clips of the media furor that resulted can be seen in the trailer for Dinner Time, and in the actual clip, Wolf remains unrepentant — a point of pride for ride-or-die stand-up comics.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
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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
Clips of the media furor that resulted can be seen in the trailer for Dinner Time, and in the actual clip, Wolf remains unrepentant — a point of pride for ride-or-die stand-up comics.
—Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepentant
Adjective
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As a member of a crew that robs banks, Mr. Blonde is the most ruthless.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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President Donald Trump has mounted a ruthless onslaught on the checks and balances established in the Constitution.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 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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Politics remains a cruel business and the governor has been on the frontline of it for nearly 20 years, winning and losing.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
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They were joined by actors playing the contestants, who lurched along wearing expressions of exaggerated horror, as though the cruel stakes of the game had just been revealed to them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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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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Oasis were always unashamed in their ambition and bold about conquering the world, but they were staggered by the experience of playing at their club’s home stadium.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s something a little shameless but also on-point about introducing a literal ticking clock to the proceedings, emulating the world of reality TV cooking shows.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Altman’s blog created a buzz on social media, with many speculating about what new development had caused Altman to write those words and others accusing Altman of shameless hype.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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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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But instead of being exhilarating, Schindler’s List’s most memorable sequences are harrowing and sobering: Amon Göth (Ralph Fiennes) picking off Jewish prisoners with a rifle or the remorseless liquidation of the Jewish ghetto captured in all its cold cruelty.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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“Unrepentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepentant. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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