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# unpunished

adjective

«unpunished» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not given a punishment for doing wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpunished/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, a wrong deed that is not paid for, or a bad act that someone gets away with; the tale often says it cannot go on.

### Examples

- The thief must not go unpunished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpunished/#x1)
- Nobody can cheat and go unpunished. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpunished/#x2)
- The bully went unpunished that day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpunished/#x3)

### Note

Nothing for maths.

## In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs it appears in warnings that liars, false witnesses and adulterers will not escape the consequences of their deeds.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as teaching that God's justice is certain, and that wrongdoing brings its result sooner or later.

### Examples

- A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish. (Writings PRO.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpunished/#x1)
- So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished. (Writings PRO.6.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpunished/#x2)
- A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape. (Writings PRO.19.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpunished/#x3)

### Note

Nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unpunished» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unpunished/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «unpunished» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unpunished/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unpunished» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unpunished.html) on Mova free.