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unpunished

unpunished adjective: not punished.

Adjective

unpunished (not comparable)

  1. Not punished
    • Villa full-back Alan Hutton was perhaps fortunate to stay on the field when his two-footed challenge on Shane Long went unpunished by referee Phil Dowd.2011 October 22, Sam Sheringham, “Aston Villa 1 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport

Origin of unpunished

From un- + punished.

Words formed from unpunished

Questions about unpunished

What does unpunished mean?
Unpunished means not punished.
What part of speech is unpunished?
Unpunished is an adjective.

Words near unpunished in the dictionary

  1. unpungent
  2. unpunishability
  3. unpunishable
  4. unpunishableness
  5. unpunishably
  6. unpunished
  7. unpunishedly
  8. unpunishing
  9. unpunishingly
  10. unpunishment
  11. unpunisht

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