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Synonyms

unpardonable

British  
/ ʌnˈpɑːdənəbəl /

adjective

  1. not excusable; disgraceful

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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 • Nov. 21, 2025

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 • May 2, 2024

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

From Salon • May 3, 2023

Emmett, a Chicago kid visiting family in Mississippi, had committed an unpardonable sin.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2022

With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of every body’s feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange every body’s destiny.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen