unrepentant
adjective
un·re·pen·tant
ˌən-ri-ˈpen-tᵊnt 
1
: not feeling or exhibiting shame or remorse : not repentant
an unrepentant sinner
2
: feeling or showing no inclination to change : unapologetic
He was an unrepentant eccentric and flamboyant dresser.—
David Sweetman
David Sweetman
unrepentantly
adverb
… plays the part of patient vegetarian whenever her unrepentantly carnivorous brother drops in …
—John Haney
John Haney
Examples of unrepentant in a Sentence
she was unrepentant about getting rid of her ex-roommate's junk
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If a Strand tote marked its wearer as an old-school city dweller, a McNally bag — increasingly ubiquitous as the years went by — had a cachet of its own, signaling membership in a stylish reading community that was unrepentant about both the reading and the style.
—Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
People who were utterly unrepentant for assaulting law enforcement.
—NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
America’s least godly president went to church surrounded by his most ardent supporters, still unrepentant for ghastly sins against our republic, most notably his inspiration of the Jan. 6 insurrection that attempted to overthrow an election in 2020.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Israel will try to save the life of Kfir Bibas— the red-haired baby who has spent most of his life in captivity—in exchange for unrepentant murderers.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
People who were utterly unrepentant for assaulting law enforcement.
—NBC News, 26 Jan. 2025
America’s least godly president went to church surrounded by his most ardent supporters, still unrepentant for ghastly sins against our republic, most notably his inspiration of the Jan. 6 insurrection that attempted to overthrow an election in 2020.
—David Mastio, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Israel will try to save the life of Kfir Bibas— the red-haired baby who has spent most of his life in captivity—in exchange for unrepentant murderers.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Unrepentant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unrepentant. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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