unchastised

English

Etymology

un- +‎ chastised

Adjective

unchastised (not comparable)

1. Not chastised; unpunished
   • 1777, Hannah More, Essays on Various Subjects‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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^[3]:

     […] 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.”