unpardonable
adjective
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adj
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 pardonable English unpardonable From un- + pardonable.
- impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify
“And you will ſee it really may happen in this very happy land, that men who are rich may commit, with impunity, crimes infinitely more unpardonable, becauſe they are committed with leſs temptation, than thoſe for which “little villains” ſuffer every day—crimes which involve in their conſequences the moſt fatal events.”
“"I can understand your being wicked," she said keenly, "but not your being cowardly. That is and was unpardonable."”