unpardonable

[US]/ʌn'pɑːd(ə)nəb(ə)l/
[UK]/ʌn'pɑrdnəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unforgivable; inexcusable; not able to be forgiven

Example Sentences

to an unpardonable degree

in an unpardonable manner

Real-world Examples

I hope not so. Imprudence or thoughtlessness in money matters would be unpardonable in me.

Source: Pride and Prejudice (Original Version)

" It is unpardonable neglect on my part, " said Nekhludoff.

Source: Resurrection

If it is the result of mere caprice, it is unpardonable.

Source: Eugénie Grandet

His listeners thought his unseemly words were unpardonable.

Source: Pan Pan

Charlie saw that he had committed an unpardonable blunder, which he hastened to repair.

Source: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

Had my fate been merely unjust, it could be forgiven—but its bad taste is unpardonable.

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

To have aroused him from his slumbers and stated my errand, would have been an unpardonable boldness.

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

To clap that joint into a steamy oven would have been a crime unpardonable by gods and man.

Source: Essays on the Four Seasons

Even then I hardly realised that in appearing to question the virtue of unlimited thrift I had committed the unpardonable sin.

Source: Employment, Interest, and General Theory of Money (Part II)

Nothing hurt or offended Nejdanov more than the smallest allusion to his poetry, which he regarded as an unpardonable weakness in himself.

Source: Virgin Land (Part 1)

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