UNPARDONABLE Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

unpardonable

adjective

ˌən-ˈpärd-nə-bəl

Definition of unpardonable

as in unacceptable

too bad to be excused or justified regards cruelty to animals as an unpardonable sin

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Recent Examples of unpardonable Attacking innocent citizens, in this case tourists, is utterly appalling and unpardonable. — Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025 Alone in George’s office, Roger commits the unpardonable offense of reading his notebook. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpardonable

Adjective

With a team that has a margin of error as small as the Dolphins, these penalties are unacceptable.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Likewise, the underlying crisis of commercially unacceptable risk in the Strait isn’t anywhere close to being resolved.

— David Faris, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of unacceptable

Adjective

As the only game with a total below 40, this will be aesthetically unforgivable.

— J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Poor Maisie Williams, meanwhile, gets stranded in a hospital room watching Maridueña lay around in a coma — unforgivable even if her character is a doctor.

— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of unforgivable

Adjective

What the two of them have done to this autistic black man is inexcusable.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
The offense was far from perfect, specifically the inexcusable pick-6 Burrow threw to Trotter in the second half to allow Tampa Bay back in the game, but the under-center formation proved beneficial and effective.

— Zak Keefer, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of inexcusable

Adjective

Just not as much as the callous bosses who created this indefensible, toxic situation and the fanatics who once cheered it.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
That level of risk is indefensible in 2026 — more than 25 years after the United States achieved measles elimination.

— Noel T. Brewer, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of indefensible

Adjective

Jay cites the scene in which Tommy DeVito (played by Joe Pesci) threatens Billy Batts (Frank Vincent) with increasingly outrageous acts of violence, turning the mobster’s menace into dark comedy.

— John Kennedy, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2026
SpaceX thinks this recovery strategy will enable fast and efficient reuse, allowing the company to achieve seemingly outrageous launch cadences.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of outrageous

Adjective

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
There is no consensus on this in today’s housing discourse, and if anything, the discussion is leaning toward trying to make housing an entitlement, something completely insupportable and undesirable.

— Roger Valdez, Forbes, 5 May 2023

Definition of insupportable

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