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unpunished
unpunished (ʌnˈpʌnɪʃt) adjnot receiving or having received a penalty or sanction as punishment for any crime or offenceThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | unpunished - not punished; "would he forget the crime and let it go unpunished?"punished - subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience) |
Translationsunpunished
No good deed goes unpunished.Due to the cruelty, ignorance, or selfishness of the world or others, one's good deeds or good intentions will often result in more trouble than they are worth. An ironic and sardonic twist on the more standard moral that "no good deed goes unrewarded." Janet: "I decided to help George clean out his gutters, but now he's got me doing all sorts of repairs around the house!" Bill: "I guess no good deed goes unpunished, eh?"See also: deed, goes, good, nono good deed ever goes unpunishedDue to the cruelty, ignorance, or selfishness of the world or others, one's good deeds or good intentions will often result in more trouble than they are worth. An ironic and sardonic twist on the more standard moral that "no good deed goes unrewarded." Janet: "I decided to help George clean out his gutters, but now he's got me doing all sorts of repairs around the house!" Bill: "I guess no good deed ever goes unpunished, eh?"See also: deed, ever, goes, good, no, unpunishedno good deed goes unpunishedA kindness or other positive behavior often is rewarded with opprobrium or abuse. This new, equally sarcastic take on “the way to hell is paved with good intentions” dates from the late 1900s. William Lashner used it, “But that’s the way of it, Detective . . . No good deed goes unpunished.” And Sue Miller used it in The Lake Shore Limited (2010), where a girl who had a car accident said “I was visiting my . . . great-aunt. She’s in a nursing home” and the man who helped her says, “Well no good deed goes unpunished.”See also: deed, goes, good, no, unpunishedunpunished
Related to unpunished: No Good Deed Goes UnpunishedAntonyms for unpunishedadj not punishedAntonyms |