unregretted

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adjective

Not regretted.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunregretted (comparative more unregretted, superlative most unregretted)

comparative more unregretted · superlative most unregretted

  1. Not regretted.

    It fell without a struggle or a groan, unpitied and unregretted.

    1912, John Lingard, Hilaire Belloc, The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans
    2 more examples

    To her bequeath'd them with his parting breath, And sunk serene in unregretted death.

    1828, Thomas Gent, Poems (1828)

    The old witch doctor and his son had disappeared, perhaps to try their skill with a neighbouring tribe, but the loss of his watch was unregretted by Connolly.

    1964, J. G. Ballard, A Question of Re-entry

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. Proto-Italic*wre-
  9. Latinre-
  10. Old Frenchre-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰreh₁d-
  12. Proto-Germanic*grētaną
  13. Frankish*grātan
  14. Old French*greter
  15. Old Frenchregreter
  16. Middle Englishregretten
  17. Englishregretted
  18. Englishunregretted

From un- + regretted.

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APA

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Chicago

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