inexpiable

adjective

(ˌ)i-ˈnek-spē-ə-bəl How to pronounce inexpiable (audio)
Definition of inexpiablenext
as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified apparently, the gubernatorial candidate is guilty of the inexpiable sin of speaking out too openly and honestly about the state's financial woes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpiable
  1. unacceptable
  2. unforgivable
  3. unpardonable
  4. unjustifiable
  5. inexcusable
  6. outrageous
  7. vicious
  8. insupportable
Adjective
  • This time difference is unacceptable and the cause of many breaches.
    Austin Gadient, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The lack of information is absolutely unacceptable.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of unacceptable
Adjective
  • That indifference is the world’s burden to share, and will always be a tragedy on top of a tragedy — inexplicable, indefensible, unforgivable.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One of them is the unforgivable delay in seriously investigating Trump.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of unforgivable
Adjective
  • Trump’s explicit threats against the Bidens, and his record of trying to politicize the Justice Department and FBI, almost justify an unpardonable pardon, columnist Jackie Calmes writes.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • In her small and deeply Catholic community, suicide is an unpardonable sin, so a horrible crime lures her with the promise of escape.
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of unpardonable
Adjective
  • To make this gloomy picture even darker, unjustifiable gender disparities continue, as do exploitation, violence, and abuse.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • To convict, prosecutors have told the jury that Penny's use of lethal force must be considered unjustifiable and that Penny acted recklessly and consciously disregarded the substantial risk of putting Neely in the chokehold for so long.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of unjustifiable
Adjective
  • But overall there is a mass consensus that putting the country under martial law was an inexcusable action, no matter what motivated the president to do so.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • As road salt built up on the windshield, squirting the cleaner then using the wipers was effective but the extra drops of liquid the wipers consistently splattered all over the passenger side when performing its task, this was inexcusable and annoying.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of inexcusable
Adjective
  • An outrageous budget buster that’s heading for approval will blow a $200 billion hole in the trust fund.
    John Fund, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
  • But any unpalatable class issues at the center of the movie are smoothed over by the outrageous star power of Culkin, who is so charismatic as Kevin that the performance has followed him ever since.
    Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of outrageous
Adjective
  • That was confirmed by his patron in Moscow, which supported the regime in crushing what started as a peaceful protest movement during the Arab Spring and became a vicious civil war that killed hundreds of thousands and sparked a refugee crisis.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of vicious
Adjective
  • Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
  • There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
    Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
Definition of insupportable
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