Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or exhibiting no remorse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not repentant; not penitent; not contrite for sin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Feeling or showing no
sorrow forwrongdoing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not penitent or remorseful
- adjective stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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Examples
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Christian Legal Society said, well, you know, we're a Christian society and we've got certain strong views, one of them, which is that they do not want what they called unrepentant gays and lesbians.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The members of the "Flat Earth Society" remain unrepentant and unchanged in their faith and its affirmation!
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Until, that is, the unrepentant impresario was confronted by the furious mother of a young actress who combined an endearingly unprotesting stammer with shapely legs–one Marion Davies.
Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009
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A sex offender described as unrepentant released from prison today and he won't be monitored.
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His church refuses membership to "unrepentant" gays and lesbians.
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Many of the people who were subjected to torture are quite "unrepentant" and despicable people.
Neff and Marty on torture and the church | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009
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I also consider Ayers "unrepentant" after him and his wife told Connie Chung that they were not sorry and wished they could have "...done more."
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I also consider Ayers "unrepentant" after him and his wife told Connie Chung that they were not sorry and wished they could have "...done more."
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I also consider Ayers "unrepentant" after him and his wife told Connie Chung that they were not sorry and wished they could have "...done more."
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It just has to be asked: Is there no irony in McCain joining the chorus to denounce Ayers as an "unrepentant" bomb-thrower?
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