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UNPARDONABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not admitting of pardon
Example:
unpardonable behavior
Classified under:
Similar:
deadly; mortal (involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death)
inexcusable; unforgivable (not excusable)
inexpiable (incapable of being atoned for)
Antonym:
pardonable (admitting of being pardoned)
Context examples:
Imprudence or thoughtlessness in money matters would be unpardonable in me.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
He was warm in his reprobation of Mr. Elton's conduct; it had been unpardonable rudeness; and Mrs. Elton's looks also received the due share of censure.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
He came to her, sat down by her, took her hand, and pressed it kindly; and at that moment she thought that, but for the occupation and the scene which the tea-things afforded, she must have betrayed her emotion in some unpardonable excess.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
If John had not forgotten all about the jelly, it really would have been unpardonable in him to choose that day, of all the days in the year, to bring a friend home to dinner unexpectedly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Edward's love for me, said Lucy, has been pretty well put to the test, by our long, very long absence since we were first engaged, and it has stood the trial so well, that I should be unpardonable to doubt it now.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
It was unpardonable.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
They seem not able to do any thing without him.—'Upon my word, Mr. E.,' I often say, 'rather you than I. I do not know what would become of my crayons and my instrument, if I had half so many applicants.'—Bad enough as it is, for I absolutely neglect them both to an unpardonable degree.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
For the purity of her intentions she could answer; and she was willing to hope, secondly, that her uncle's displeasure was abating, and would abate farther as he considered the matter with more impartiality, and felt, as a good man must feel, how wretched, and how unpardonable, how hopeless, and how wicked it was to marry without affection.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The steadiness of his manner, and the intelligence of his eye as he spoke, convincing Elinor, that whatever other unpardonable folly might bring him to Cleveland, he was not brought there by intoxication, she said, after a moment's recollection, Mr. Willoughby, you OUGHT to feel, and I certainly DO—that after what has passed—your coming here in this manner, and forcing yourself upon my notice, requires a very particular excuse.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
But his pride, his abominable pride—his shameless avowal of what he had done with respect to Jane—his unpardonable assurance in acknowledging, though he could not justify it, and the unfeeling manner in which he had mentioned Mr. Wickham, his cruelty towards whom he had not attempted to deny, soon overcame the pity which the consideration of his attachment had for a moment excited.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
