uncontrite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ contrite

Adjective[edit]

uncontrite (comparative more uncontrite, superlative most uncontrite)

  1. Not contrite.
    • 1921, Harry Leon Wilson, The Wrong Twin[1]:
      Merle gazed with horror upon the apparently uncontrite fratricide.
    • 2007 June 15, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
      Though largely uncontrite, parson Samuel Parris, a driving force behind the witch hunt, did receive some punishment when the town, cash-strapped and feeling a little used, decided not to pay his salary.

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