as in unreasonably
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Recent Examples of inexcusably
Instead of keeping the ball tucked, Mitchell tried to extend it and inexcusably lost the ball.
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James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.
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Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
James Boyd,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.
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Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexcusably
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The Justice Department was required to prove Lander knowingly and unreasonably obstructed the usual use of elevators and an elevator lobby.
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And while Cathy has always been a famous beauty, Pugh is looking almost unreasonably chic as the arguable tyrant/Satan analog.
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Vian’s book is brutal, almost unbearably sociopathic, but his descriptions are lyrical and refined.
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Vagner was tall, unbearably handsome and disarmingly charming.
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As such, the Cartier odd-ball is now not only obscenely overpriced but very much over-worn.
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Al’s is famous for its obscenely generous loaded baked potatoes, the kind locals stretch across four meals.
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Cicero has been my nemesis in this book, for unconscionably grasping for elder power and offering up rationales for doing so repeated over the centuries.
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Unbelievably, unconscionably, ICE agents are killing American citizens such as Renee Good.
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As extravagantly decorated as the guest rooms, Azure’s blue and white interiors would be a great date-night choice—a combo of watching the sun sink below the horizon, excellent cuisine and fabulous wines (try something from the owners’ South African estate, Bouchard Finlayson).
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In July 2024, Rinderknecht demanded the chatbot generate an image that showed wealthy elites dining extravagantly on one side of a wall while the world burned beyond the barricade.
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“Inexcusably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexcusably. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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