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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to be unabsolvable
Hello,
Would you use "unabsolvable" in the following sentences:
- His decision to leave high school and get a job is simply unabsolvable.
- Her depression doesn't give her a free pass to mistreat everyone. Her behavior last night was unabsolvable.
I am not really used to hearing people use that word, but an acquaintance of mine did. It sounded a little odd to me, I don't know why. What do you think?
Would you use "unabsolvable" in the following sentences:
- His decision to leave high school and get a job is simply unabsolvable.
- Her depression doesn't give her a free pass to mistreat everyone. Her behavior last night was unabsolvable.
I am not really used to hearing people use that word, but an acquaintance of mine did. It sounded a little odd to me, I don't know why. What do you think?
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It sounds odd to me, too. There are no matches for it in COCA, BNC or GloWbe. Ngrams found a few matches, but some non-English words, like "nebenan" (German for "next-door"), were more popular.
- It sounds odd to me, too.
- There are no matches for it in COCA, BNC or GloWbe.
- Ngrams found a few matches, but some non-English words, like "nebenan" (German for "next-door"), were more popular.
- I wouldn't use it.
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It sounds odd to me, too. There are no matches for it in COCA, BNC or GloWbe. Ngrams found a few matches, but some non-English words, like "nebenan" (German for "next-door"), were more popular. I wouldn't use it.
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The base word 'absolve' is mostly used in the religious context of sin.
Use 'unforgivable' in your sentences.
Use 'unforgivable' in your sentences.
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Yes, that's a good option. I just heard someone I know use unabsolvable last night and it sounded a little odd to me, that's all. 
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