unapologeticadj.
/ˌʌnəˌpɒləˈdʒɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌənəˌpɑləˈdʒɛdɪk/ (un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > cool confidence > [adjective]
unbashful1563
cheerful1600
unapologetic1834
nervy1896
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > impenitent
unrepentantc1384
uncontritec1450
unforthinking1483
unpenitent1530
impenitent1532
unrepenting?1575
irrepentant1583
unremorseful1598
unashamed1600
repentless1681
compunctionless1830
unapologetic1892
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penitence > impenitence > [adjective]
unrepentantc1384
uncontritec1450
unforthinking1483
obdureda1500
unpenitent1530
impenitent1532
unrepenting?1575
irrepentant1583
obdure?1590
unreclaimed1591
unremorseful1598
unconfessing1641
repentless1681
compunctionless1830
unatoning1838
unapologetic1892
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. ii. iv. 225 With that sort of quiet and unapologetic air, which seemed to consider the right as a thing of course.
1868 W. R. Greg Lit. & Social Judgm. 203 The unapologetic and as it were physiological coolness of his analysis.
1892 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 236 The humorous little word of unapologetic apology.
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unapoloˈgetically adv.
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1872 W. Eassie Healthy Houses i. 2 The waste pipe of the leaden cistern connects unapologetically with the sewer.
1989 Daily Tel. 29 Nov. 18/3 ‘This Morning’..regularly includes topics addressed to the group which the audience researchers classify unapologetically as ‘old’.
2007 Wire May 58/2 While Goldie's solo recordings became increasingly prone to jazz funk noodling, Rufige Kru releases remained unapologetically machinic.
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adj.1834