unchastened

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adjective

Not chastened or rebuked.

OriginEnglish chastened ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunchastened (comparative more unchastened, superlative most unchastened)

comparative more unchastened · superlative most unchastened

  1. Not chastened or rebuked.

    In the event, he was able to keep the lid on his fountain pen, but the bank has not escaped unchastened, said Damian Reece in The Daily Telegraph - Issue of the week: how high will interest rates go?, The Week, Issue 597, page 45.

Origin

  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. Englishchastened
  9. Englishunchastened

From un- + chastened.

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APA

unchastened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchastened

MLA

“unchastened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchastened. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unchastened,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unchastened.

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