unforgivable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unforgivable in British English:
UK [ˌʌnfəˈgɪvəbl]
How to pronounce unforgivable in American English:
US [ˌʌnfərˈgɪvəbl]
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- Adjective:
- not excusable
Word Origin
- unforgivable (adj.)
- 1540s, from un- (1) "not" + forgivable. In early use, especially with reference to the sin described in Matt. xii:31. Related: Unforgivably.
Example
- 1. Mr domoslawski is not a doctrinaire anti-communist , for whom any collaboration with the regime is unforgivable treachery .
- 2. Managing expectations is part of building confidence and when so much about these rescues is superhumanly complex , it is unforgivable to bungle the easy bit .
- 3. I find it unforgivable that the last irish government guaranteed bank debt so insouciantly and that the rest of the european union has supported this decision .
- 4. The government 's unforgivable mistake is to ignore the signals given by the very markets in which it is supposed to believe so strongly ; with index-linked gilts showing real yields of zero , or even less , savers are in effect screaming : borrow and spend .
- 5. Yet more unforgivable still is the way toyota has handled the crisis .