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unchastised en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + chastised.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not chastised; unpunished
    • […] just as the unchastised teenage shoplifter, mistaking society’s indulgence for applause, will evolve into a bloodthirsty hired killer, it is inevitable that the author of “The Pencil” will one day morph into the author of “The Toothpick.” 2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in The New York Times:
    • There are laws to punish thieves and counterfeits--but such as you may go unchastised, except by the abhorrence of all honourable men. 1857, Frank J. Webb, The Garies and Their Friends:
    • Perhaps, it is the vanity of human wisdom, unchastised by this correcting principle, which has made so many infidels. 1777, Hannah More, Essays on Various Subjects: