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‘A folly can be unpardonable.’

[⟨det folly.n⟩ unpardonable.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I’m a little shy so bear with me but I’m delighted to be the leader of this Scottish Youth Parliament.” “As you know, I’m the modest, humble type, so I just really want to start by apologising on behalf of a few members for our unpardonable folly of starting a rival gang.
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In Wikipedia:

Despite this, Salmond was heavily criticised in the media for describing Tony Blair’s decision to intervene militarily as an “unpardonable folly”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Along with’ ’ free by 93 ‘’’’ a penny for Scotland’ ’ and the’ ’ unpardonable folly’ ’ he has now eclipsed these howlers with his rant about the money crisis, he served up scorn and vitriol on those responsible blaming’ ’ spivs, speculators and short sellers’ ’ his lash was unsparing, even biblical, he was at his slippery thespian best except, this time he didn’t see the train crash coming.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond denounced the claims of a high civilian death toll as an’ ’ egregious lie’ ‘and’’ unpardonable folly’ ’.
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In Project Gutenberg:

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The collapse of banks and investment funds, and of the international financial system – a consequence of the unpardonable folly of the powerful – is serious and dangerous enough.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The collapse of banks and investment funds, and of the international financial system – a consequence of the unpardonable folly of the powerful – is serious and dangerous enough.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.