as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified
apparently, the gubernatorial candidate is guilty of the inexpiable sin of speaking out too openly and honestly about the state's financial woes
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Greenwashing and intentional misinformation are unacceptable, but silence from the best actors is an even bigger risk.—
Jesper Brodin,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025 -
In this team, calling in sick for shady reasons is unacceptable.—
Lieke ten Brummelhuis,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Leaving the country days after being notified of weather conditions that everyone who lives in LA knows are prime disaster fire conditions is unforgivable.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Health Psychopaths and the Rest of Us Laura Smith Searching for empathy with those society deems unforgivable.—
hazlitt.net,
hazlitt.net,
4 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s explicit threats against the Bidens, and his record of trying to politicize the Justice Department and FBI, almost justify an unpardonable pardon, columnist Jackie Calmes writes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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In her small and deeply Catholic community, suicide is an unpardonable sin, so a horrible crime lures her with the promise of escape.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
29 Sep. 2024
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Now ex-president Biden’s decision to block the sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese company is unjustifiable.—
Rand Paul,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
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Such an action would be unjustifiable in peacetime.—
Henry E. Hale,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2023
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The Lions had an inexcusable 12-men-on-the-field penalty right before an all-important fourth-down, which gave Washington an automatic first down.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Allowing Todd to have her way from beyond the arc was inexcusable, Cullop added.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Grant’s Daniel Cleaver, who definitively did not die in a plane crash as suggested in Bridget Jones’ Baby (2016), is as outrageous as ever.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Paying $3 million more than the Vikings are already prepared to spend for Bradbury doesn’t sound outrageous for substantial improvement at the position.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The roughest angle to imposter syndrome seems to be a potentially vicious cycle that can ensue.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Social media lit up with outrage directed toward Jubilee for giving voice to a vicious troll.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Conservatives and Republicans in Congress continue to claim that the cost of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits is an insupportable burden on America, so benefits need to be cut, though President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to preserve entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
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