Definition of inexpiable in English:
inexpiable
adjective ɪnˈɛkspɪəb(ə)lɪnˈɛkspiəbəl
(of an offence or feeling) so bad as to be impossible to expiate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Whom of your followers have I ever injured that you thus rage with inexpiable hatred against me?
- Recourse to the discourse of human rights allows one to distinguish inexpiable crimes from those that lie within the realm of law and redemption.
- They play a fundamental role in the capacity of colonizers to invent a rationale for their inexpiable barbarity.
- Blackpool attempted to rally, but again a series of inexpiable officiating decisions again saw an avalanche of penalties against the visitors.
- Thousands of soldiers sweep toward the Mediterranean coast leaving behind their dead and their dreams, to wander in the Anatolian desert under a seemingly inexpiable curse.
Synonyms
inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin inexpiabilis, from in- 'not' + expiabilis 'able to be appeased' (from expiare 'expiate').
Definition of inexpiable in US English:
inexpiable
adjectiveinˈekspēəbəlɪnˈɛkspiəbəl
(of an offense or feeling) so bad as to be impossible to expiate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Blackpool attempted to rally, but again a series of inexpiable officiating decisions again saw an avalanche of penalties against the visitors.
- Recourse to the discourse of human rights allows one to distinguish inexpiable crimes from those that lie within the realm of law and redemption.
- Thousands of soldiers sweep toward the Mediterranean coast leaving behind their dead and their dreams, to wander in the Anatolian desert under a seemingly inexpiable curse.
- They play a fundamental role in the capacity of colonizers to invent a rationale for their inexpiable barbarity.
- Whom of your followers have I ever injured that you thus rage with inexpiable hatred against me?
Synonyms
inexcusable, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unforgivable
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin inexpiabilis, from in- ‘not’ + expiabilis ‘able to be appeased’ (from expiare ‘expiate’).