unapology

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noun

A statement passed off as an apology, yet due to its content is in actuality not apologetic at all.

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Meanings

noununapology (plural unapologies)

plural unapologies · alternative un-apology

  1. A statement passed off as an apology, yet due to its content is in actuality not apologetic at all.

    “Wait, there you go again! An apology that is really an unapology by pointing out a potential, and let me emphasize that it is a potential, possible flaw but not really a flaw of the other party — being me! Hmmph.”

    2021, Meg Foster, Rogue: Space Opera Adventure

Origin

From un- (“not”) + apology.

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APA

unapology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unapology

MLA

“unapology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unapology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unapology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unapology.

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