unforgivable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English forgivable English unforgivable From un- + forgivable.
Meanings
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Not forgivable; inexcusable.
People who smuggle artifacts, blood diamonds and ivory trinkets on the black market are unforgivable in my mind.
Since unforgivable acts lie in one's positive use of freedom to undo creation—to uncreate—and to make flawed what has been deemed worthy of existence—to unredeem—then the unforgiving act is addressed to oneself and to the cosmos.
2008, Martin Joseph Matuštík, Radical Evil and the Scarcity of Hope: Postsecular Meditations, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unforgivable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| unforgiveable | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most unforgivable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unforgivably · unforgivableness
Synonyms
unremittable · inexcusable · unpardonable
Translations (54)
el ασυγχώρητος (not forgivable) · az bağışlanmaz (not forgivable) · cmn 不可原諒 /不可原谅 (not forgivable) · ro impardonabil (not forgivable) · ro de nescuzat (not forgivable) · fr impardonnable (not forgivable) · ko 용서하지 못하다 (not forgivable) · mk неопростлив (not forgivable) · uk невиба́чний (not forgivable) · es imperdonable (not forgivable) · ja 許されない (not forgivable) · de unverzeihlich (not forgivable) · fi anteeksiantamaton (not forgivable) · nl onvergeeflijk (not forgivable) · uk непроба́чний (not forgivable) · ca imperdonable (not forgivable) · lt nedovanotinas (not forgivable) · da utilgivelig (not forgivable) · ast imperdonable (not forgivable) · sl neodpustljiv (not forgivable) · ar لَا يُغْتَفَرُ (not forgivable) · cmn 不能原諒的 /不能原谅的 (not forgivable) · ro de neiertat (not forgivable) · sh неопро̀стив (not forgivable) · pt imperdoável (not forgivable) · bg непрости́м (not forgivable) · bg непрости́телен (not forgivable) · cs neodpustitelný (not forgivable) · de unentschuldbar (not forgivable) · be непраба́чны (not forgivable) · ro neiertabil (not forgivable) · be недарава́льны (not forgivable) · uk непроще́нний (not forgivable) · fo ófyrigevandi (not forgivable) · az üzürlü sayıla bilməyən (not forgivable) · az üzürsüz (not forgivable) · bn অমার্জনীয় (not forgivable) · gl imperdoable (not forgivable) · fo ófyrigeviligur (not forgivable) · hu megbocsáthatatlan (not forgivable) · hy աններելի (not forgivable) · ko 용서할 수 없다 (not forgivable) · ru непрости́тельный (not forgivable) · gl imperdoábel (not forgivable) · sh neopròstiv (not forgivable) · nb utilgivelig (not forgivable) · eo nepardonebla (not forgivable) · sk neodpustiteľný (not forgivable) · it imperdonabile (not forgivable) · is ófyrirgefanlegur (not forgivable) · ro nescuzabil (not forgivable) · pl niewybaczalny (not forgivable) · sv oförlåtlig (not forgivable) · uk непрости́мий (not forgivable)