unchastened
1
9.5
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtʃeɪsənd/
- Formal
:
desenfrenado
- Despite facing criticism, he remained unchastened in his beliefs and refused to change his stance.
Examples
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Even after his controversial actions, the politician stayed unchastened and maintained his aggressive approach.
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"Love is the same in man as in the animal," he claimed, "so long as it remains unchastened by marriage."
Academic text (1997) -
Even some associated with the NSF seem unchastened by the embarrassing failure of the "shortfall" projections of a decade ago.
Academic text (2003) -
They were derelict in the same manner with candidate Romney and made it clear—publicly defying their own candidate—they were unchastened.
Blog text (13) -
In the end, an unchastened Keating would go to jail for four years.
Synonyms
2
7.7
Not giving in to pressure or defeat
A person who is still proud and not ashamed after criticism or failure
Not changed to better behavior after many chances
Not having desires or the body controlled for religious reasons
Very strong and not held back
How Chastened
Surface Forms
Morphology
unchastened = chastened (transparent) = un + chasten + ed
The adjective clearly means 'not' + 'chastened' (i.e., not humbled or corrected), so the negation by 'un-' is straightforward.
Etymology
Unchastened comes from chasten, a word that meant 'to correct or make pure' and is related to chaste ('pure'). So unchastened means 'not corrected' or 'not made humble', which explains why someone unchastened keeps doing the same thing despite warnings.