inexpiable

[ in-eks-pee-uh-buh l ]

/ ɪnˈɛks pi ə bəl /

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adjective

not to be expiated; not allowing for expiation or atonement: an inexpiable crime.

Obsolete. implacable: inexpiable hate.

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Nearby words

inexpedient, inexpensive, inexperience, inexperienced, inexpert, inexpiable, inexplainable, inexplicable, inexplicit, inexplosive, inexpressible

Origin of inexpiable

From the Latin word inexpiābilis, dating back to 1560–70. See in-³, expiable

Related formsin·ex·pi·a·ble·ness, nounin·ex·pi·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for inexpiable

No awful danger, no inexpiable guilt, attended those vulgar frailties, and therefore they ceased to tempt.
The Last Of The Barons, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
In no nook or corner of the island as we leave it is any savour left or any memory lingering of any inexpiable evil.
A Study of Shakespeare|Algernon Charles Swinburne
Yes, yes; it was terrible guilt, an inexpiable crime, and she feels it to be so.
The Marble Faun, Volume I.|Nathaniel Hawthorne
Are you, who have just emancipated yourselves from this obligation, ready to renew it, and to commit again an inexpiable crime?
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume XI (of 20)|Charles Sumner

The motives which led him to the most inexpiable of human crimes were perhaps mixed, though all of them were poisonous.
A History of the United States|Cecil Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for inexpiable

inexpiable

/ (ɪnˈɛkspɪəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being expiated; unpardonable

archaic implacable

Derived Formsinexpiableness, nouninexpiably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for inexpiable

inexpiable

adj.

1560s, from Latin inexpiabilis "that cannot be atoned for," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + expiabilis, from expiare (see expiation).