unregretted

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ regretted

Adjective[edit]

unregretted (comparative more unregretted, superlative most unregretted)

  1. Not regretted.
    • 1828, Thomas Gent, Poems (1828)[1]:
      To her bequeath'd them with his parting breath, And sunk serene in unregretted death.
    • 1912, John Lingard, Hilaire Belloc, The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans[2]:
      It fell without a struggle or a groan, unpitied and unregretted.
    • 1964, J. G. Ballard, A Question of Re-entry:
      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.