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unregretted en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regretted English unregretted From un- + regretted.

Meanings

1. Not regretted.
   • To her bequeath'd them with his parting breath, And sunk serene in unregretted death. 1828, Thomas Gent, Poems (1828):
   • It fell without a struggle or a groan, unpitied and unregretted. 1912, John Lingard, Hilaire Belloc, The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans:
   • The old witch doctor and his son had disappeared, perhaps to try their skill with a neighbouring tribe, but the loss of his watch was unregretted by Connolly. 1964, J. G. Ballard, A Question of Re-entry:

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