unforgivable

unforgivable
[[t]ʌ̱nfə(r)gɪ̱vəb(ə)l[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED
If you say that something is unforgivable, you mean that it is very bad, cruel, or socially unacceptable.

These people are animals and what they did was unforgivable...

I also suspect that I'm becoming a bore, which is something unforgivable in anybody, but especially in a journalist.

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  • unforgivable — adjective he had committed the unforgivable sin he had informed on his friends Syn: inexcusable, unpardonable, unjustifiable, indefensible Ant: venial …   Thesaurus of popular words

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