Unpardonable vs Unallowable - What's the difference?
unpardonable | unallowable | Related terms |
impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify
* 1900 , Gilbert Parker, An Unpardonable Liar :
* 1912 , Ralph Connor, Corporal Cameron of the Northwest Mounted Police :
Unpardonable is a related term of unallowable.
As adjectives the difference between unpardonable and unallowable
is that unpardonable is impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify while unallowable is not allowable.unpardonable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "I can understand your being wicked," she said keenly, "but not your being cowardly. That is and was unpardonable ."
- To lose a game was bad enough, but to round on a comrade was unpardonable ; while to lose from the game a half-back of Cameron's calibre was unthinkable.