unregretted

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der.

Proto-Germanic *grētaną

Frankish *grātander.

Old French *greter

Old French regreterbor.

Middle English regretten

English regretted

English unregretted

From un- +‎ regretted.

Adjective

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.