as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified
spitting at a teacher is inexcusable behavior and will be severely punished
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Recent Examples of inexcusable
Losing the series to the Edmonton Oilers in the way that the Kings did is inexcusable.
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Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
The unmistakable calamity of costly errors both physical and philosophical have left the Kings with an inexcusable end to their season.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Czechs scored 43 seconds in on their first shot of the game, and again with 2.4 seconds left in the first period — inexcusable times to give up a goal.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Hynes won’t address or comment on Nyquist (who has been abysmal for 5 games, the worst player in the entire playoffs) and trots him out there in OT after that inexcusable offside, but Zeev gets benched quickly and Rossi gets demoted to 4th line and stays there.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
The unmistakable calamity of costly errors both physical and philosophical have left the Kings with an inexcusable end to their season.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Czechs scored 43 seconds in on their first shot of the game, and again with 2.4 seconds left in the first period — inexcusable times to give up a goal.
—Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Hynes won’t address or comment on Nyquist (who has been abysmal for 5 games, the worst player in the entire playoffs) and trots him out there in OT after that inexcusable offside, but Zeev gets benched quickly and Rossi gets demoted to 4th line and stays there.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexcusable
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In April 2021, the European Commission proposed a draft of the Artificial Intelligence Act, aimed at introducing a system of AI classification based on risks to users (minimal, limited, high, unacceptable).—
Olena Orliuk,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Republicans have said the level of tax increases and additional funding measures in the budget is unacceptable.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
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Crystal Skull is easily Spielberg’s laziest, sloppiest work — even the action sequences seem phoned-in — and it’s filled with unforgivable howlers: Shia LaBeouf’s limp attempt at being a bad boy, Cate Blanchett’s hammy villain, the goddamn fridge scene.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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The sisters also mention their own summer 16, when something unforgivable happened.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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Iran says talks now ‘unjustifiable’ The sixth round of U.S.-Iran indirect talks planned for Sunday over Iran ’s nuclear program will not take place, mediator Oman said.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2025
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And without consumers, infrastructure investment remains commercially unjustifiable.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The events this morning are outrageous and will have everlasting consequences.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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My hair fell out, my mouth filled with sores, and the overnight fevers were outrageous.—
Noor Hassan,
Rolling Stone,
21 June 2025
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If Sam is wrong, his journalistic sin is unpardonable.—
Neal B. Freeman,
National Review,
13 May 2025
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Attacking innocent citizens, in this case tourists, is utterly appalling and unpardonable.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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By selecting a case where the underlying policy is widely considered legally indefensible, the Court may be trying to isolate the injunction issue from the merits of Trump’s executive order.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
14 May 2025
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That someone would appropriate her best friend’s saga of wartime survival is clearly indefensible.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
20 May 2025
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“Inexcusable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexcusable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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