Meanings
comparative more unapologetic · superlative most unapologetic
- Not apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.
Synonyms: nonapologetic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot apologetic for having said or done something that causes actual or potential harm, especially when being apologetic would be appropriate.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunwilling to make or express an apology
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishapologetic
- Englishunapologetic
From un- + apologetic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish anteeksipyytelemätön
- anteeksipyytelemätönnot apologetic
French impénitent
- impénitentnot apologetic
German dreist, unverfroren
- dreistnot apologetic
- unverfrorennot apologetic
- unmissverständlichnot apologetic
- kompromisslosnot apologetic
- ungerührtnot apologetic
Italian impenitente
- impenitentenot apologetic
Polish nieskruszony
- nieskruszonynot apologetic
Spanish no disculpante, no apologético
- no disculpantenot apologetic
- no apologéticonot apologetic
- no arrepentidonot apologetic
- sin remordimientonot apologetic
- impenitentenot apologetic
- carepalonot apologetic
- contumaznot apologetic
Cite this entry
unapologetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unapologetic
“unapologetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unapologetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unapologetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unapologetic.
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