unchastised
English
Etymology
un- + chastised
Adjective
unchastised (not comparable)
- Not chastised; unpunished
- 1777, Hannah More, Essays on Various Subjects:
- Perhaps, it is the vanity of human wisdom, unchastised by this correcting principle, which has made so many infidels.
- 1857, Frank J. Webb, The Garies and Their Friends:
- There are laws to punish thieves and counterfeits--but such as you may go unchastised, except by the abhorrence of all honourable men.
- 2007 October 28, Joe Queenan, “Consider the Toothpick”, in New York Times:
- […] 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.”
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