unpunished

adjective

Definition of unpunishednext
as in undisciplined

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Recent Examples of unpunished Creating an outside militia that can interfere with law enforcement, seeking mass deportations, allowing assaults on police, letting crimes go unpunished and seeking retribution against your opponents. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 The international community has long condemned settler violence which has increased in recent years and gone mostly unpunished. — Mostafa Salem, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025 Russia’s unpunished invasion there in 2008 and successful regime change led directly to the invasions of Ukraine. — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 Although Timothée Chalamet opted for a sensible mode of transportation for his latest red carpet, apparently no good deed goes unpunished. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unpunished
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpunished
  1. undisciplined
  2. uncontrolled
  3. incorrigible
  4. obstinate
  5. stubborn
  6. intransigent
  7. difficult
  8. obdurate
Adjective
  • Basketball example: In a playoff game, the head coach decides to bench his young star player in the fourth quarter after an undisciplined outburst on the court.
    — Brent Dykes, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Authorities blamed the unrest on armed remnants of the Assad government, but acknowledged that some of the civilian killings were the fault of undisciplined factions or individual actors.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of undisciplined
Adjective
  • People with this genetic condition do not produce sufficient clotting factors, which can cause uncontrolled external or internal bleeding.
    — Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
  • One Polish ministry disputed this claim, saying it was not adequately warned about the uncontrolled reentry.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of uncontrolled
Adjective
  • Even from beyond the grave, that man proves to be incorrigible in his audacity.
    — Ayan Artan, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Bridget’s old on-again, off-again boss/beau Daniel Cleaver (played by the gloriously incorrigible Hugh Grant) drifts in and out of the story.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Definition of incorrigible
Adjective
  • Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin were obstinate, colorful negotiators.
    — Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The Founding generation also worried that older men were more inflexible, obstinate, uninterested in change, and stuck in their ways—all leadership qualities at odds with the experimentation needed for representative government.
    — Rebecca Brannon / Made by History, TIME, 3 July 2024
Definition of obstinate
Adjective
  • One daughter, loving but stubborn, leaves for Vilna to study nursing.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The true top is still stubborn, though: In 2023 women made up just over 10% of Fortune 500 CEOs, 9% of the FTSE CEOs, and 5.4% of CEOs of the S&P Global Broad Market Index.
    — Kweilin Ellingrud, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of stubborn
Adjective
  • To some, that may sound like Sweeney taking an intransigent approach to a pillar of the organization for a decade and a half.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Trump is wielding a big stick, presenting the country as intransigent, when there is evidence that a more nuanced approach that involves collaboration can yield fruit.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
Definition of intransigent
Adjective
  • As college sports continues its rapid professionalization, the ACC is in a difficult spot.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
    — KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of difficult
Adjective
  • Whatever regime emerges could well be even more radical and obdurate.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Advertisement None of that has immunized the lowly smelt from its most obdurate enemy: partisan folly.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of obdurate

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