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单词 unpardonable
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Definition of unpardonable in English:

unpardonable

adjective ʌnˈpɑːd(ə)nəb(ə)lˌənˈpɑrd(ə)nəb(ə)l
  • (of a fault or offence) too severe to be pardoned; unforgivable.

    an unpardonable sin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Roosevelt's successful effort to prevent that was his unpardonable crime; but in the eyes of the country at large, his greatest achievement.
    • The Belfast Telegraph welcomes Gerry Adams' statement that the McCartney killing was an unpardonable crime. The IRA followed suite with a condemnation of the killers.
    • She flew over it like a bird; but at the same instant Vronsky, to his horror, felt that he had failed to keep up with the mare's pace, that he had, he did not know how, made a fearful, unpardonable mistake, in recovering his seat in the saddle.
    • Her unpardonable fault being that alas… She was born as a She.
    • The Oxford elite, it appeared, had closed ranks and snubbed him for committing the unpardonable sin of pandering to a popular audience.
    • I remember when I first arrived here, seeing two drivers - whose automobiles had just collided - bowing deeply to each other at the roadside over the unpardonable offence each had just committed against the other.
    • Except that during a hurdle race they committed an unpardonable breach of etiquette - a French word, though you would not have believed it from their performance.
    • Wind farms commit the unpardonable sin of being built on land that has ‘remained undisturbed for a thousand years’.
    • This is considered an almost unpardonable breach of parliamentary etiquette, according to which the actions of the Whips are not subject to any public scrutiny.
    • It was understandable that Montgomerie should have been happy with that, given how his golfing status had fallen last year and the major problems he encountered with the rules for a silly but unpardonable error in Indonesia.
    • Overall they were guilty of incredible ignorance or unpardonable crimes.
    • A prominent Democrat commits the unpardonable sin of stating an unpleasant truth about crimes that are being carried out by the White House and the Pentagon in the name of the ‘global war on terrorism.’
    • He arrives just as a pub landlord is removing a customer for the unpardonable sin of having smiled at his gorgeous young wife.
    • Franzen, however, committed an unpardonable crime: He said so out loud.
    • The Perth Saints seemed on their way to their first back-to-back victories of this league campaign when their defence committed an unpardonable error.
    • If the ‘now me’ ever bumped into the ‘then me’, I'd have no choice but to shoot me for unpardonable sins against civilised dress codes and trousers calculated to frighten children and livestock.
    • Set at an elite New England prep school, this is a bittersweet portrait of youthful arcadia, in which a schoolboy commits an unpardonable crime in order to win a prestigious competition.
    • The objective was to create a situation of extreme violence and polarise people in such a way that those who protested would be terrorised or dubbed anti-national, thus legitimising this unpardonable crime.
    • In slagging off the hacks in general, and Nicholas Witchell of the BBC in particular, His Royal Highness has committed an unpardonable sin.
    • The crunch came in 1956 when, having committed the almost unpardonable offence of supporting a Labour private member's Bill to abolish hanging, he then abstained in the vote of confidence in the government over Suez.
    Synonyms
    offensive, appalling, outrageous, objectionable, displeasing, shocking, horrifying, scandalous, monstrous, unspeakable, shameless, shameful, vulgar, gross, vile, wicked, odious, heinous, abhorrent, loathsome, obnoxious, detestable, hateful, sickening, contemptible, despicable, deplorable, abominable, execrable

Derivatives

  • unpardonableness

  • noun
    • Thus, the decree of unpardonableness against the sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit is eternal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The incident that led to Jesus’ statement concerning the unpardonableness of such sin demonstrates that it refers to opposing the operation of God's spirit.
      • Asking for forgiveness and admitting your mistakes is a powerful weapon against unpardonableness.
      • The unpardonableness of sin must be attributed to the sovereign will of God.
      • God's Word implies the same unpardonableness for such offense in Isaiah 8: 9-20, and Revelation 14: 9, 10.
  • unpardonably

  • adverb ʌnˈpɑːd(ə)nəbliˌənˈpɑrd(ə)nəbli
    • With the exception of the unpardonably boring Navarone, these are movies I loved when I was nine and will probably still love if I ever hit 90.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For fear of being thought unpardonably stupid, the multitudes enthusiastically applauded his public modelling of his invisible clothes.
      • Geremi and the shrewd Crespo linked fluently on the right after 31 minutes, but Eidur Gudjohnsen was hasty and his shot over the bar from the Argentinian's pass was unpardonably wild.
      • In fact, Mark Twain once said, ‘There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker… Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kindhearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a ‘flush’.
      • There is also one instance of unpardonably atrocious editing.
 
 

Definition of unpardonable in US English:

unpardonable

adjectiveˌənˈpɑrd(ə)nəb(ə)lˌənˈpärd(ə)nəb(ə)l
  • (of a fault or offense) too severe to be pardoned; unforgivable.

    an unpardonable sin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is considered an almost unpardonable breach of parliamentary etiquette, according to which the actions of the Whips are not subject to any public scrutiny.
    • Set at an elite New England prep school, this is a bittersweet portrait of youthful arcadia, in which a schoolboy commits an unpardonable crime in order to win a prestigious competition.
    • A prominent Democrat commits the unpardonable sin of stating an unpleasant truth about crimes that are being carried out by the White House and the Pentagon in the name of the ‘global war on terrorism.’
    • The Perth Saints seemed on their way to their first back-to-back victories of this league campaign when their defence committed an unpardonable error.
    • In slagging off the hacks in general, and Nicholas Witchell of the BBC in particular, His Royal Highness has committed an unpardonable sin.
    • The Belfast Telegraph welcomes Gerry Adams' statement that the McCartney killing was an unpardonable crime. The IRA followed suite with a condemnation of the killers.
    • Franzen, however, committed an unpardonable crime: He said so out loud.
    • The objective was to create a situation of extreme violence and polarise people in such a way that those who protested would be terrorised or dubbed anti-national, thus legitimising this unpardonable crime.
    • I remember when I first arrived here, seeing two drivers - whose automobiles had just collided - bowing deeply to each other at the roadside over the unpardonable offence each had just committed against the other.
    • If the ‘now me’ ever bumped into the ‘then me’, I'd have no choice but to shoot me for unpardonable sins against civilised dress codes and trousers calculated to frighten children and livestock.
    • The Oxford elite, it appeared, had closed ranks and snubbed him for committing the unpardonable sin of pandering to a popular audience.
    • Wind farms commit the unpardonable sin of being built on land that has ‘remained undisturbed for a thousand years’.
    • She flew over it like a bird; but at the same instant Vronsky, to his horror, felt that he had failed to keep up with the mare's pace, that he had, he did not know how, made a fearful, unpardonable mistake, in recovering his seat in the saddle.
    • Her unpardonable fault being that alas… She was born as a She.
    • Except that during a hurdle race they committed an unpardonable breach of etiquette - a French word, though you would not have believed it from their performance.
    • Overall they were guilty of incredible ignorance or unpardonable crimes.
    • The crunch came in 1956 when, having committed the almost unpardonable offence of supporting a Labour private member's Bill to abolish hanging, he then abstained in the vote of confidence in the government over Suez.
    • It was understandable that Montgomerie should have been happy with that, given how his golfing status had fallen last year and the major problems he encountered with the rules for a silly but unpardonable error in Indonesia.
    • He arrives just as a pub landlord is removing a customer for the unpardonable sin of having smiled at his gorgeous young wife.
    • Roosevelt's successful effort to prevent that was his unpardonable crime; but in the eyes of the country at large, his greatest achievement.
    Synonyms
    offensive, appalling, outrageous, objectionable, displeasing, shocking, horrifying, scandalous, monstrous, unspeakable, shameless, shameful, vulgar, gross, vile, wicked, odious, heinous, abhorrent, loathsome, obnoxious, detestable, hateful, sickening, contemptible, despicable, deplorable, abominable, execrable
 
 
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