unpunished
adjective
un·pun·ished
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Definition of unpunished
: not punished
an unpunished criminal/crime an offense that should not be allowed to go unpunished
Examples of unpunished in a Sentence
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My hope is that this next generation of founders can read it and not take away that bad behavior still goes away unpunished. — oregonlive, "Mike Isaac of The New York Times on Uber, Greyball, Portland and his new book: Q&A," 6 Sep. 2019 Many feared that China would not allow such deliberate acts of provocation go unpunished. — The Economist, "Hong Kong’s reputation is being damaged," 20 Aug. 2019 According to research by the Committee to Protect Journalists, the killers go unpunished in nine out of every 10 journalists murdered. — Lydia Belanger, Fortune, "The 10 Most Urgent Press Freedom Cases Around the World," 1 Aug. 2019 If these ‘minor crimes’ are left unpunished, Suffolk County will not be safer under this policy. — BostonGlobe.com, "Is Suffolk County District Attorney Rollins right in her policy not to prosecute certain crimes?," 14 June 2019 And where people see crimes—real or perceived—going unpunished, people will take up the call. — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, "There’s a global movement of Facebook vigilantes who hunt pedophiles," 24 July 2019 Meanwhile incidents of severely underdressed passengers elsewhere have gone unpunished. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, "American Airlines Apologizes After Flight Attendants Make Doctor Cover Up Outfit with Blanket," 9 July 2019 Fox News has apparently decided to join the rest of the mainstream media and engage in PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT by publishing non-fawning information about Trump, and that kind of dishonesty cannot go unpunished. — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, "Even Fox News is reporting bad polling numbers for Trump — so they must be fake!," 17 June 2019 More than 350 people later called or emailed to share information about other criminal cases as well as abuse that remains unpunished. — Houston Chronicle, "More sexual abuse cases by leaders from Southern Baptist churches uncovered," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unpunished.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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unpunished
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of unpunished
: not punished
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