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inexcusable

adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,921 of 15,258leans spoken

Inexcusable means too bad to be forgiven or explained away. Inexcusable behaviour, an inexcusable delay, quite inexcusable.

It closes the door on explanation, which is what makes it a strong word: saying something is inexcusable is refusing to hear the reasons. It is often the second half of a sentence whose first half admits the reasons exist.

Definitions of inexcusable

  1. 1adjectiveinexcusableToo bad to be forgiven or explained away.C1

    “Forgetting your own daughter's birthday is inexcusable.”

inexcusable is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin inexcusabilis, in-, not, plus excusare, to free from blame, from causa, a cause or case.

  1. Latin

    inexcusabilis

  2. Middle French

    inexcusable

  3. English, today

    inexcusable

From Middle French inexcusable, from Latin inexcusabilis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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