unpunished

adjective

Definition of unpunishednext
as in undisciplined

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Recent Examples of unpunished Rights groups say most similar killings in the region go unpunished. — ABC News, 11 May 2026 She was subsequently kicked off the worship team, her family was ostracized and the man who’d attacked her was left unpunished. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 His sending-off yesterday after opening the scoring in an impressive, if scrappy, round-of-32 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina was arguably less forceful than Lionel Messi’s unpunished challenge in Argentina’s opening match. — David Hickey, NBC news, 2 July 2026 For Miami exiles, Cuban forces’ shooting down in 1996 of two civilian planes belonging to the volunteer group Brothers to the Rescue – killing four Cuban-Americans aboard – represents a crime that has gone unpunished for over 30 years. — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 20 May 2026 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
  • McCain called her ex-colleagues 's‑‑‑‑y and undisciplined' during the on-air discussion.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
  • Just disbelief and incredulity that England should find themselves again facing accusations of a drinking culture and a far too loose and undisciplined team environment after their first Test since the shambles of the Ashes.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of undisciplined
Adjective
  • That data can be retained and used in future ways, unknown and uncontrolled by those whose biometric data has been collected.
    — Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • Outside of programmed scripts, robots struggle to perform autonomous actions in uncontrolled environments.
    — Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of uncontrolled
Adjective
  • The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter.
    — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Nilsson, an incorrigible Midwesterner, had a history of downplaying her depth.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Definition of incorrigible
Adjective
  • The things museums collect are often obstinate and unyielding; research and context can be a way of coaxing them to speak.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 26 June 2026
  • The council is obstinate, dismissive.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of obstinate
Adjective
  • Colombia earned its passage into the round of 16 with a 1-0 win over stubborn Ghana.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Pickle Robot’s Physical AI unloaders tackle the dock door bottleneck, which is a stubborn pain point in inbound logistics, while AmbiStack handles the structured, high-volume stacking that feeds downstream operations.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Definition of stubborn
Adjective
  • Then, in 1930, Horkheimer, a brilliant, turbulent man with a melancholic streak, became director and instilled a more intransigent perspective.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • This seemingly intransigent problem now has a solution, thanks to a team led by Rudich and Römer.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2026
Definition of intransigent
Adjective
  • Sarah Buck, Chicago Driving has become harder The rapid increase in bike lanes has made driving much more difficult and tedious, with numerous delays due to many streets being reduced to one lane in busy areas.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Republican strategists have welcomed those nominations as an opening for attack in a difficult election year.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 5 July 2026
Definition of difficult
Adjective
  • Possibly this was the case at élite law schools in the nineteen-nineties, where even the most obdurate deans could not afford to ignore their militant students indefinitely.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Iran, with its massive military capabilities, its oil wealth, its appetite for regional hegemony and its obdurate Islamism may have been the foremost obstacle to Israel’s integration into the region since 1979.
    — Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
Definition of obdurate

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