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compunction

[kuhm-puhngk-shuhn] / kəmˈpʌŋk ʃən /


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This is completely unacceptable — especially as Ron Baron feels no compunction about going on TV and talking up SpaceX in the most pie-in-the-sky manner possible.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Still, with their seemingly limitless budget, the Dodgers have shown no compunction against excess.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

Party leader Olivier Faure said that he would have no compunction about supporting a new vote of censure, if offending parts of the budget are not removed.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

The question is, what do you do about the people who just sail from case to case and don’t feel any compunction about having misrepresented?

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2025

Years later, I’d fall in love with a guy who, like Suzanne, stored his belongings in heaps and felt no compunction, really ever, to fold his clothes.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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