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unrepentant

/ˌʌn.ɹəˈpɛn.tənt/

adjective

What it means

  1. not comparableFeeling or showing no sorrow or regret for wrongdoing.

    TfL is unrepentant about the loss of car parking around the Grade 2-listed station, which is reduced to just 47 places, including 12 for the disabled.

    2022 February 23, “Network News: TfL sells car park for housing”, in RAIL, number 951, page 21

    Synonyms: impenitent, unbowed, unreformed, recidivistic · Antonyms: penitent, repentant, remorseful, penitent, repentant, apologetic, contrite, guilt-ridden

In a sentence

TfL is unrepentant about the loss of car parking around the Grade 2-listed station, which is reduced to just 47 places, including 12 for the disabled.

2022 February 23, “Network News: TfL sells car park for housing”, in RAIL, number 951, page 21

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishrepentant
  9. Englishunrepentant

From un- + repentant.

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