unforgivable
adjective
un·for·giv·able
ˌən-fər-ˈgi-və-bəl 
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: too bad to be forgiven : not forgivable
an unforgivable crime/sin/error
Such boldness on the part of a man of my own class would have been almost unforgivable.—
Jack London
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an unforgivable crime that society must seek just punishment for
they considered their friend's selfish behavior unforgivable
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Hristo Stoichkov played with an intimidating edge that could both win games and cross an unforgivable line.
—Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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Simon Hughes, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The second was the unforgivable move by Bob Irsay in 1984 to take the beloved Colts out of Baltimore and move them to Indianapolis.
—Steve Silverman, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The inability to stop shipping goals from set pieces was unforgivable as was the failure to stop the predictable early first goal at Brentford and the subsequent flood that followed.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Violence against a fertility clinic is unforgivable.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for unforgivable
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“Unforgivable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unforgivable. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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