as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
she was unrepentant about getting rid of her ex-roommate's junk
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Recent Examples of unrepentant
A lot of the credit for the Sweat Tour’s unrepentant, inspirational and liberating queerness goes to Sivan.
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Joe Lynch, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
Charlie nearly ruins his wedding by being an unrepentant monster who skips Kat’s performance with Bastian, then drives all the way to Madison Square Garden just to break up with her.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024
This risk may limit the number of countries that are willing to participate in helping a potentially unrepentant North Korea recover.
—Vincent Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
Last week a judge threw not just the book but multiple volumes at the unrepentant former county clerk, rejecting pleas for leniency and sentencing Peters to a whopping nine years in prison.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Joe Lynch, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2024
Charlie nearly ruins his wedding by being an unrepentant monster who skips Kat’s performance with Bastian, then drives all the way to Madison Square Garden just to break up with her.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2024
This risk may limit the number of countries that are willing to participate in helping a potentially unrepentant North Korea recover.
—Vincent Brooks, Foreign Affairs, 29 July 2021
Last week a judge threw not just the book but multiple volumes at the unrepentant former county clerk, rejecting pleas for leniency and sentencing Peters to a whopping nine years in prison.
—Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrepentant
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The ruthless military officer with the monocle and the swagger stick who sends his men to senseless death and/or turns traitor.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Her wife and now-teenage daughter stood by her throughout the process, despite ruthless coverage from Mexican and Spanish news outlets, some of which continue to misgender and deadname her to this day.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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For her part, having faced such criticism for over four decades, Newkirk remains blissfully impenitent.Jan Dutkiewicz, Vox, 8 Aug. 2024
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Among the various allegations put forward are reports of drugging and fascist group chats, slave labour and foot photograph farms, with the brand’s impenitent founder Stephan Marsan at its centre.Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
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The in-person aspects of the contest have remained generally positive, but online, with each new addition, the very nature of commenting on people’s bodies, looks, and attractiveness is basically heavy bait for someone to eventually say something cruel.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yet some began to blanch at this cruel ostentation.Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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However, the movie is an extremely important addition to the black-and-white horror canon if for nothing else its unashamed aping of Hitchcock’s masterpiece.B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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From last year's stunt of audience members throwing garbage at the runway models to this season's rebellious attitude, this label is all about creating noise and being unashamed of it.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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But as this piece outlines, that is another one of his shameless lies.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps the show’s most important role in the entrepreneurial economy is not the advice or money the Sharks dispense, but to serve as a platform for the most American of business strategies: shameless self-promotion.Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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In the comics, Sofia is secretly acting as the remorseless serial killer known as the Hangman, and is portrayed as a cunning criminal who murders her own brother, Alberto, and attempts to take over the Falcones and cement their rule over Gotham.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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And mendacity and brutality and remorseless destruction of people’s lives.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Unrepentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrepentant. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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