as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified
an unforgivable crime that society must seek just punishment for they considered their friend's selfish behavior unforgivable
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Recent Examples of unforgivable
Neither of them committed any unforgivable sins on the island, and the season ended with a successful proposal.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Bath time betrayal – Even when necessary, some pups act like a bath is an unforgivable offense.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Critics, even in his own ranks, saw this as an unforgivable breach of a political quarantine designed to keep the AfD out of power.
—Thomas Escritt, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
With the internet still in impassioned discussion about the situation, one thing remains clear: for many, the idea of being abandoned in a time of need is an unforgivable act.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Bath time betrayal – Even when necessary, some pups act like a bath is an unforgivable offense.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Critics, even in his own ranks, saw this as an unforgivable breach of a political quarantine designed to keep the AfD out of power.
—Thomas Escritt, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
With the internet still in impassioned discussion about the situation, one thing remains clear: for many, the idea of being abandoned in a time of need is an unforgivable act.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgivable
Adjective
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And sometimes the soldiers can do things which are totally unacceptable and can be called crimes.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
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Shamkhani underscored that the absence of sanctions relief rendered the U.S. plan unacceptable.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Playoff droughts like the one the team went through over the previous four seasons have gone from the norm to inexcusable.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Leaving an unpadded metal roller on the edge of the field is inexcusable.—
Noah Camras,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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If Sam is wrong, his journalistic sin is unpardonable.—
Neal B. Freeman,
National Review,
13 May 2025
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Attacking innocent citizens, in this case tourists, is utterly appalling and unpardonable.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Like Chelsea and City, PSG have been successful (dominant, in fact) domestically, teams stuffed with outrageous talent, led by some of the great coaches of the era, filling their trophy cabinets accordingly.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Odd Future alumni include the likes of Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, and Syd, who, through their comedy sketches and outrageous beats, would go on on to change the face of music-making, one genre-defying, agenda-setting project at a time.—
Riann Phillip,
Vogue,
27 May 2025
Adjective
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And without consumers, infrastructure investment remains commercially unjustifiable.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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That this reaction was unjustifiable, greater in force than any force exerted by my father, only exacerbated my state.—
Jonathon Sturgeon,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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That someone would appropriate her best friend’s saga of wartime survival is clearly indefensible.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2025
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And accepting bureaucratic inertia is also indefensible.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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