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unsorry

unsorry

8.1
Not feeling or showing regret for something you did
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsɔri/
  • Neologism
translation icon : sin remordimientos
  • "I'm sorry," she said in an unsorry voice.

Examples

  • She made an unsorry remark that hurt his feelings but didn't seem to care.

  • Despite the consequences of his actions, he remained unsorry and indifferent.

  • Her unsorry attitude after the argument showed that she didn't regret what she said.

Synonyms

unrepentant
vsunsorry
18 7.5

Not feeling sorry for something and not wanting to change

describes lacking regret without necessarily refusing to change
unapologetic
vsunsorry
16 6.4

Not sorry for something you did or said

names the emotional lack rather than only a refusal to apologise
unremorseful
vsunsorry
1 7.5

Someone who does not feel sorry or guilty after doing something wrong

is used for lacking regret after something said or done
unrepented
vsunsorry
1 8.2

Not feeling or showing regret after doing something wrong

is a general lack of regret, not only failure to repent
impenitent
vsunsorry
  • Formal
1 9.1

Not feeling sorry or ashamed for doing something wrong

is a neutral lack of regret without the strong moral tone
unregretful
vsunsorry
7.5

Does not feel sorry about what you did

focuses on not showing regret for acts or words
unregretting
vsunsorry
7.9

Not feeling sorry about something you did

applies to lack of regret after words or actions broadly

Antonyms

18 4.6

Feeling very sorry for doing something that hurt someone

9 2.9

Feeling sorry for something you did or said

How Regretful

remorseful
18 4.6
sorry
1.0
unsorry
  • Neologism
8.1
unrepentant
18 7.5
remorseless
6 7.5

Surface Forms

unsorry positive

Morphology

unsorry = sorry (transparent) = un + sorry

This sense is the straightforward negation of 'sorry' (not feeling or showing regret), a regular and productive 'un-' prefixation.

Etymology

Unsorry comes from un- 'not' plus sorry, a word that originally meant 'sore' or 'grieved'. So to be unsorry here is 'not feeling regret' — the person is simply not 'sorry' about what they did.