inexpiable
not to be expiated; not allowing for expiation or atonement: an inexpiable crime.
Obsolete. implacable: inexpiable hate.
Origin of inexpiable
1Other words from inexpiable
- in·ex·pi·a·ble·ness, noun
- in·ex·pi·a·bly, adverb
Words Nearby inexpiable
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How to use inexpiable in a sentence
This exquisite and tender drawing is something more than the record of inexpiable crime.
Raemaekers' Cartoons | Louis RaemaekersHis inexpiable offences really were his restless activity, and his passion for personal management.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingThe qualities by which court is made to the people, were to render every fault inexpiable, and every error irretrievable.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents | Edmund BurkeTo suffer their intrusion was a crime against the Divine Majesty inexpiable but by days and weeks of the keenest agonies.
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden BrownThis strange and inexpiable prodigy awakened, however, the prejudices of the Romans.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for inexpiable
/ (ɪnˈɛkspɪəbəl) /
incapable of being expiated; unpardonable
archaic implacable
Derived forms of inexpiable
- inexpiableness, noun
- inexpiably, adverb
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