adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not forgivable; inexcusable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
People who smuggle artifacts, blood diamonds and ivory trinkets on the black market are unforgivable in my mind.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inexcusable, unpardonable, unremittable
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
not excusable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inexcusable
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
لَا يُغْتَفَرُ
(lā yuḡtafaru)
— not forgivable
Armenian:
աններելի
(annereli)
— not forgivable
Asturian:
imperdonable
— not forgivable
Azerbaijani:
bağışlanmaz
— not forgivable
Azerbaijani:
üzürsüz
— not forgivable
Azerbaijani:
üzürlü sayıla bilməyən
— not forgivable
Belarusian:
недарава́льны
(njedaraválʹny)
— not forgivable
Belarusian:
непраба́чны
(njeprabáčny)
— not forgivable
Bengali:
অমার্জনীয়
(ômarjôniô)
— not forgivable
Bulgarian:
непрости́м
(neprostím)
— not forgivable
Bulgarian:
непрости́телен
(neprostítelen)
— not forgivable
Catalan:
imperdonable
— not forgivable
Chinese Mandarin:
不可原諒 /不可原谅
(bùkě yuánliàng)
— not forgivable
Chinese Mandarin:
不能原諒的 /不能原谅的
(bù néng yuánliàng de)
— not forgivable
Czech:
neodpustitelný
— not forgivable
Danish:
utilgivelig
— not forgivable
Dutch:
onvergeeflijk
— not forgivable
Esperanto:
nepardonebla
— not forgivable
Faroese:
ófyrigeviligur
— not forgivable
Faroese:
ófyrigevandi
— not forgivable
Finnish:
anteeksiantamaton
— not forgivable
French:
impardonnable
— not forgivable
Galician:
imperdoable
— not forgivable
Galician:
imperdoábel
— not forgivable
German:
unverzeihlich
— not forgivable
German:
unentschuldbar
— not forgivable
Greek:
ασυγχώρητος
(asynchóritos)
— not forgivable
Hungarian:
megbocsáthatatlan
— not forgivable
Icelandic:
ófyrirgefanlegur
— not forgivable
Italian:
imperdonabile
— not forgivable
Japanese:
許されない
(yurusarenai)
— not forgivable
Korean:
용서할 수 없다
(yongseohal su eopda)
— not forgivable
Korean:
용서하지 못하다
(yongseoha-ji mothada)
— not forgivable
Lithuanian:
nedovanotinas
— not forgivable
Macedonian:
неопростлив
(neoprostliv)
— not forgivable
Norwegian Bokmål:
utilgivelig
— not forgivable
Polish:
niewybaczalny
— not forgivable
Portuguese:
imperdoável
— not forgivable
Romanian:
de nescuzat
— not forgivable
Romanian:
de neiertat
— not forgivable
Romanian:
impardonabil
— not forgivable
Romanian:
neiertabil
— not forgivable
Romanian:
nescuzabil
— not forgivable
Russian:
непрости́тельный
(neprostítelʹnyj)
— not forgivable
Serbo-Croatian:
неопро̀стив
— not forgivable
Serbo-Croatian:
neopròstiv
— not forgivable
Slovak:
neodpustiteľný
— not forgivable
Slovene:
neodpustljiv
— not forgivable
Spanish:
imperdonable
— not forgivable
Swedish:
oförlåtlig
— not forgivable
Ukrainian:
непроба́чний
(neprobáčnyj)
— not forgivable
Ukrainian:
непрости́мий
(neprostýmyj)
— not forgivable
Ukrainian:
невиба́чний
(nevybáčnyj)
— not forgivable
Ukrainian:
непроще́нний
(neproščénnyj)
— not forgivable
