US /ʌnˈpɪt.id/ UK /ʌnˈpɪt.id/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    receiving no pity, sympathy, or compassionate concern

    The disgraced official died in exile, isolated and unpitied.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · receiving no pity,... unmournedunlamentedunregretted
Opposites
Word family
Related forms pitypitiablepitiless

Etymology

Formed from the negative prefix un- + pitied, the past participle of pity. Pity entered Middle English through Anglo-Norman and Old French pite, ultimately from Latin pietas, whose meanings included dutiful conduct and compassion.

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