unchastised

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adjective

Not chastised; unpunished

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Meanings

adjectiveunchastised (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot chastised; unpunished

    Perhaps, it is the vanity of human wisdom, unchastised by this correcting principle, which has made so many infidels.

    1777, Hannah More, Essays on Various Subjects
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    There are laws to punish thieves and counterfeits--but such as you may go unchastised, except by the abhorrence of all honourable men.

    1857, Frank J. Webb, The Garies and Their Friends

    […] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.”

    2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in The New York Times

Origin

From un- + chastised.

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

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Chicago

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

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