beyond the pale

idiom

: offensive or unacceptable
conduct that was beyond the pale

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Abbasi and his producers engaged in back-and-forth negotiations with film regulators in India and Singapore, before ultimately concluding that the changes requested by these markets were beyond the pale. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2024 Another guest was Alex Jones, the keening fabulist whom Carlson once considered beyond the pale and now treats as a prophet. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024 White-supremacist movements that once were deemed beyond the pale are more vocal, their ideas spreading openly into the mainstream, with political leaders not always willing to condemn them. Steven Johnson, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2018 That the Tolkien Estate has allowed this to happen is beyond the pale. Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for beyond the pale 

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“Beyond the pale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20the%20pale. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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