Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible to excuse, pardon, or justify.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not justifiable; not defensible or right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That cannot be
justified ,excused orpardoned
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective incapable of being justified or explained
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Examples
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Japanese veterans' associations and tribal leaders in the Philippines wrote to the country's Commission on Indigenous People urging them to stop Kuentai from carrying out any further work, which they called "unjustifiable, profane and even socially evil".
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Thank You President Obama for continuing to stand up for what is right for ALL people who are being criminally wronged with a system who has been allowing our officers to use their "personal" attitudes in unjustifiable ways that have simply been fueling the barriers of injustice in this country!
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Cameron as he expressed his sorrow for what he described as the unjustifiable killings. "
Labourhome 2010
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On the opposite assumption, confirmed by the Departmental Committee, the step was unjustifiable, that is, on the theory of the Union.
The Framework of Home Rule Erskine Childers 1896
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You think, perhaps, that I am using terms unjustifiable in violence.
Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 John Ruskin 1859
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You think, perhaps, that I am using terms unjustifiable in violence.
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Abumrad and his co-host Robert Krulwich, along with eight full-time staff, plus interns and temps, work what Abumrad calls "unjustifiable hours" to get it on air.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed SUSAN KRASHINSKY 2012
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They are trying to justify the unjustifiable, which is what Goebbels and his colleagues tried to do during the Holocaust.
Politics.ie Banshee 2010
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They are trying to justify the unjustifiable, which is what Goebbels and his colleagues tried to do during the Holocaust.
Politics.ie Banshee 2010
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The case against the "unjustifiable" Wildlife Protection Act (WaTimes)
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 29, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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