Meanings
adjectiveunpunished (not comparable)
- not comparableNot punished
Villa full-back Alan Hutton was perhaps fortunate to stay on the field when his two-footed challenge on Shane Long went unpunished by referee Phil Dowd.
2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
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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-
- Englishpunished
- Englishunpunished
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀζήμιος
- ἀζήμιος (azḗmios)not punished
Bulgarian безнаказан
- безнаказан (beznakazan)not punished
Catalan impune
- impunenot punished
Dutch straffeloos, ongestraft
- straffeloosnot punished
- ongestraftnot punished
Finnish rankaisematon
- rankaisematonnot punished
French impuni
- impuninot punished
German unbestraft
- unbestraftnot punished
Hungarian büntetlen, büntetés nélküli
- büntetlennot punished
- büntetés nélkülinot punished
Latin inultus
- inultusnot punished
Polish bezkarny
- bezkarnynot punished
Portuguese impune
- impunenot punished
Romanian nepedepsit
- nepedepsitnot punished
Russian безнака́занный
- безнака́занный (beznakázannyj)not punished
Spanish inulto, impune
- inultonot punished
- impunenot punished
- no castigadonot punished
Ukrainian безка́рний
- безка́рний (bezkárnyj)not punished
Cite this entry
APA
unpunished. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpunished
MLA
“unpunished.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpunished. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpunished,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpunished.
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