Synonyms

unpardonable

British

/ ʌnˈpɑːdənəbəl /

adjective

not excusable; disgraceful

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Example Sentences

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As Sook tells a shamed Buddy, “there is only one unpardonable sin—deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.”

From The Wall Street Journal

After last November's guilty verdict from a jury in Los Angeles, US Attorney Martin Estrada said the deaths had been caused by the ship captain's "unpardonable cowardice".

From BBC

But alleged mistreatment of a spouse is, for many younger fans of comedy, an unpardonable sin.

From Salon

“To blunder in handling information of this kind, making trouble for his informant and others, would be unpardonable.”

From Washington Post

Certainly not — the unpardonable secret agreement to stifle Wilkinson and hide her findings is evidence enough of that.

From Washington Post

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