adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sin
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Luke O'Malley had committed the unforgivable sin - he had informed on his friends.
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Marriage in his eyes is sacred; adultery the unforgivable sin .
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Death is the unforgivable sin of modernity, and the modern world will have nothing to do with her.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His betrayal was unforgivable .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Franz, the egregiously angry Detective Andy Sipowicz, was his usual unforgivable / lovable self times 10.
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I put down the pen, because this would be the great, unforgivable Miltonian sin.
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On another occasion a relatively small misdemeanour proved unforgivable .
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She thinks my leaving her alone with our parents is a great and unforgivable betrayal.
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She thought his behaviour was unforgivable .
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This is unforgivable in the realm of scientific methodology.
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What was unforgivable was that he had systematically lied to me - and I had let him do it.