unpardonableadj.adv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːdn̩əbl/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːdnəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɑrdənəb(ə)l/ A. adj.
That cannot be pardoned or forgiven; inexcusable, reprehensible.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adjective]
irremissible1413
uncleansable?c1475
impardonable1523
unpardonable1525
inexcusable1526
unforgivable1548
unexcusable1550
pardonless1567
inexpiable1570
unreclaimable1574
irremittable1587
unremissible1593
unsatisfiable1593
unexpiable1606
excuseless1611
anapologetic1614
unsalvable1624
pretenceless1641
unpalliable1672
unatonable1689
redemptionless1799
irredeemablea1834
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > unpardonable or inexpiable
irremissible1413
uncleansable?c1475
impardonable1523
unpardonable1525
inexcusable1526
unforgivable1548
unexcusable1550
pardonless1567
inexpiable1570
irremittable1587
unremissible1593
unsatisfiable1593
unexpiable1606
excuseless1611
anapologetic1614
pretenceless1641
unatonable1689
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cliii. 168 b/2 If they be [broken],..ye ryn in the churches sentence, and to be excommunycate on payne vnpardonable.
1592 H. O. tr. V. Figueiro Spaniards Monarchie sig. D She had committed vnpardonable faultes against her king.
1633 R. Capel Tentations ii. 278 This is, saith he, that unrepentable and unpardonable sinne against the Holy Ghost.
1680 G. Sikes Expos. Ecclesiastes v. 227 He..was not an unpardonable Sinner against the Holy Ghost.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 27 The Earl..thought the very Suspecting him to be an injury Unpardonable.
1786 Amusements in High Life i. 3 The errors of our sex are unpardonable in the eyes of the world.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. iv. 29 A most unpardonable fault.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ii. 51 There was nothing unpardonable in Miss Bridgeman's plainness.
1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 231 ‘I'm afraid I used unpardonable language,’ began Mr Wilkins very earnestly.
1998 S. Winchester Surgeon of Crowthorne ii. 36 The doubly unpardonable sin of marrying a lady's maid, and then abandoning her.
Unpardonably. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adverb]
irremissiblya1492
inexcusably1587
unpardonably1598
unexcusably1611
unpardonable1663
inexpiably1684
unforgivably1890
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > unpardonably
irremissiblya1492
inexcusably1587
unpardonably1598
unexcusably1611
unpardonable1663
inexpiably1684
unforgivably1890
1663 E. Hickeringill Apol. Distressed Innocence in Wks. (1709) I. 316 He is unpardonable credulous that will lend an Ear to your noise of the Gospel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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