underpunished

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ punished.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underpunished (comparative more underpunished, superlative most underpunished)

  1. Insufficiently punished
    • 2015 August 18, Nick Tedeschi, “NRL: five things we learned from round 23”, in The Guardian:
      The NRL should be far more concerned about vicious swinging arms and dangerous tackles that go unchecked or underpunished as they have in recent weeks when Leeson Ah Mau and Blake Austin remarkably escaped suspension for two very dubious incidents.