unpardonable

Examples

• All

• For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith is the one unpardonable sin." - Thomas Henry Huxley

  Blog text (12)

• Leaving the team without notice is an unpardonable mistake that could cost you your job.

• Today, I committed the unpardonable sin.

  Article 99 (1992)

• Losing to this man at this moment was unpardonable.

  Blog text (12)

• This may go down in Italy, but in America, it's unpardonable.

  Unfaithfully Yours (1984)

• Delay would be an unpardonable insult.

  Glen or Glenda (1953)

• It was an unpardonable error.

  The Order (2001)

• Oh, it's an unpardonable thing to strike a fellow who couldn't defend himself.

  Son of the Gods (1930)

• Ignorance of these things is unpardonable.

  Blog text (11)

• But to betray the warm body of someone there beside you was an unpardonable offense.

  Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

U

unforgivable

vsunpardonable

45 5.2

So bad that people will not accept it

is the same idea but used as a stronger formal term

I

inexcusable

vsunpardonable

35 5.6

Too bad to be forgiven

focuses more on extreme severity rather than justification alone

U

unconscionable

vsunpardonable

35 8.9

Very wrong and unfair in a way people cannot accept

is specifically about being too severe to be forgiven rather than moral excess

I

irredeemable

vsunpardonable

2 8.2

Not able to be changed for the better

focuses on being beyond forgiveness rather than beyond improvement

U

unredeemable

vsunpardonable

1 8.6

Cannot be changed to be good again

refers to unforgivability rather than inability to be reformed

I

inexpiable

vsunpardonable

• Literature

9.9

Too serious to be forgiven or made right

highlights unforgivability without mentioning atonement or repair

U

unrelievable

vsunpardonable

• Specialized

9.9

Not able to be forgiven or cancelled, especially debts

limits this to moral unforgivability rather than legal or debt matters

Antonyms

F

forgivable

7 3.3

Not very serious, so people usually excuse it

E

excusable

6 3.6

Someone can forgive it because of the situation, for example an honest mistake

P

pardonable

1 4.4

Something you can forgive because it is not very bad

How Forgivable

forgivable

7 3.3

excusable

6 3.6

wrong

∞ 1.0

serious

∞ 2.0

unpardonable

3 7.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology