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un·par·don·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unpardonableadjective

    not admitting of pardon

    "unpardonable behavior"

Wiktionary

  1. unpardonableadjective

    impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify

  2. Etymology: See un- and pardon.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Unpardonableadjective

    Irremissible.

    Etymology: impardonable, Fr.

    It was thought in him an unpardonable offence to alter any thing: in us as intolerable, that we suffer any thing to remain unaltered. Richard Hooker.

    Oh, tis a fault too unpardonable. William Shakespeare.

    The kinder the master, the more unpardonable is the traitor. Roger L'Estrange.

    Consider how unpardonable the refusal of so much grace must render us. John Rogers, Sermons.

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  1. unpardonable

    Unpardonable refers to an action, behavior, or crime that is so severe or unacceptable that it cannot be forgiven or excused. It's something so egregious or heinous that it warrants permanent condemnation or punishment.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unpardonable

    un-pär′don-a-bl, adj. that cannot be pardoned or forgiven.—n. Unpar′donableness.—adv. Unpar′donably.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unpardonable in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unpardonable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of unpardonable in a Sentence

  1. St. John Baptist de La Salle, The Rules of Christian Manners and Civility (c. 1695):

    Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are they excusable who spit from windows or on walls or furniture.

  2. Patrick J. Buchanan:

    We are thus in the position of having to borrow from Europe to defend Europe, of having to borrow from China and Japan to defend Chinese and Japanese access to Gulf oil, and of having to borrow from Arab emirs, sultans and monarchs to make Iraq safe for democracy. We borrow from the nations we defend so that we may continue to defend them. To question this is an unpardonable heresy called 'isolationism.

  3. Oreste Mori:

    Seriously? I can’t believe it, we cannot renounce our culture and traditions. That would be an unpardonable weakness.

  4. Ambrose Bierce:

    Success is the one unpardonable sin against one's fellows.

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