(idiomatic) Of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, ethics, etc.
Synonyms: out of bounds, off-limits, off the reservation
Antonym: within the pale
Used other than as an idiom; generally followed by of: beyond the extent or limits.
Synonyms: out of bounds, off-limits
Antonym: within the pale
Why is it fair game to question conservatives' love or loyalty to children or to their fellow man, but beyond the pale to question liberals' love of country? Jonah Goldberg
Every day, Ukrainians pay with their lives, and they fight along - and the atrocities that the Russians are engaging in are just beyond the pale. And the cost of the fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is even more costly. That's why we're staying in this. Joe Biden
No one is guiltless...But no one is beyond the pale of human existence, provided he pays for his guilt. Karl Jaspers
Walking out in the middle of a funeral would be, of course, bad form. So attempting to walk out on one's own was beyond the pale. Steve Hockensmith
The Western man declares that in order to be beautiful, a woman must look 14 years old. If she dares to look 50, or worse, 60, she is beyond the pale. By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. Fatema Mernissi
Sometimes I almost pity them [other women]. I think I have a freedom they cannot understand. No insult, no blame, can touch me. Because I have set myself beyond the pale. I am nothing. I am hardly human any more. I am the French Lieutenant's Whore. John Fowles