Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to excuse or justify; unpardonable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not excusable; incapable of being excused or justified: as, inexcusable folly.
- Synonyms Unjustifiable, unpardonable, indefensible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not excusable; not admitting excuse or justification.
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- adjective not
excusable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without excuse or justification
- adjective not excusable
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Examples
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The moment he heard my name mentioned, his face flushed up; he drew me away into a corner, and referring to his cool reception of my advance years ago toward making his acquaintance, asked my pardon for what he termed his inexcusable ingratitude with an earnestness and an agitation which utterly astonished me.
The Queen of Hearts Wilkie Collins 1856
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Jan. 26 Bloomberg -- Mitt Romney demanded an apology for what he called "inexcusable" and "repulsive" remarks by Newt Gingrich for calling him the most "anti-immigrant" candidate in the Republican presidential race, as the candidates squared off in the last debate before Florida's Jan. 31 primary.
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There are so many iconic books I have yet to read, and some I've been putting off in inexcusable fashion.
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Although his lack of knowledge of the state of training at the time of deployment and his view of the nature of ROE training are profound shortcomings in a commander, even more lamentable and inexcusable is Col Labbé's failure to take action to determine whether his troops in fact trained adequately on the ROB [sic] developed by the Chief of the Defence Staff and understood them properly.
Archive 2009-11-01 2009
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Sure Jackson sold a ton of records, he also engaged in inexcusable acts.
Obama sends condolences to Jackson's family, says Gibbs 2009
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An apostolic answer of an apostolic man, and resembling the reason given by the great Apostle of the loss of the ancient Gentiles, whom he calls inexcusable, for that having known good they followed evil; for it is in a word that which he inculcates in the first chapter of his epistle to the Romans.
Treatise on the Love of God 1567-1622 1884
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But God's plan was to teach Israel, by the example of Nineveh, how inexcusable is their own impenitence, and how inevitable their ruin if they persevere.
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The Lions 'four-down goal-line stand -- which Bears QB Jay Cutler called "inexcusable" -- temporarily allowed them to cling to a fourth-quarter lead.
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The Lions 'four-down goal-line stand -- which Bears QB Jay Cutler called "inexcusable" -- temporarily allowed them to cling to a fourth-quarter lead.
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The Lions 'four-down goal-line stand -- which Bears QB Jay Cutler called "inexcusable" -- temporarily allowed them to cling to a fourth-quarter lead.
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