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
Helena Eagan is now an adult, and her behavior is unforgivable.
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Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
The amount of loss and harm and pain is unthinkable and unfathomable and unforgivable on a cosmic level.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
The only thing that is unforgivable—in my opinion—is the mainstreaming of one (one) dangly earring.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Leaving the country days after being notified of weather conditions that everyone who lives in LA knows are prime disaster fire conditions is unforgivable.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unforgivable
Erin Qualey, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
The amount of loss and harm and pain is unthinkable and unfathomable and unforgivable on a cosmic level.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
The only thing that is unforgivable—in my opinion—is the mainstreaming of one (one) dangly earring.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
Leaving the country days after being notified of weather conditions that everyone who lives in LA knows are prime disaster fire conditions is unforgivable.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unforgivable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unforgivable
Adjective
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But for a lot of people following Markle's every move anything other than perfection is unacceptable.—
Alanna Bennett,
refinery29.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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But this false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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With the stakes that high, Zelensky’s political opponents and many independent analysts called Friday’s argument in the Oval Office a diplomatic catastrophe, unprecedented and inexcusable.—
Simon Shuster/Kyiv,
TIME,
1 Mar. 2025
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The lack of transparency by withholding what should be public information is inexcusable.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Alone in George’s office, Roger commits the unpardonable offense of reading his notebook.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Since the mid-Nineties, he’s repeatedly reinvented R&B, hip-hop, and pop, lacing classics by the likes of Aaliyah, Justin Timberlake, and Jay-Z with skittering beats, future-shock synths, and his outrageous ear for samples and hooks.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2025
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Where the previous side story, The Man Who Erased His Name, forced protagonist Kiryu to wrestle with his lonely existence, this romp casts anti-hero Goro Majima as an outrageous modern-day pirate.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 107 women in the new suit join 60 other former patients who have filed suit against Dr. Barry J. Brock, accusing him of inappropriate and medically unjustifiable behavior that at times resulted in lasting physical complications.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Much of what Donald Trump has done in his first eight days back in the White House is legally unjustifiable.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Adjective
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Wielding state power to discriminate against kids is indefensible.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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What’s even worse is that public universities still consider legacy, which is indefensible.—
Latrice Walker,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Unforgivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unforgivable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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