inexcusable

[ in-ik-skyoo-zuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being excused or justified.

   Synonyms: unforgivable, unpardonable, intolerable

inexcusable

/ ˌɪnɪkˈskjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be excused or justified

Derived Forms

• ˌinexˌcusaˈbility, noun
• ˌinexˈcusably, adverb

Other Words From

• inex·cusa·bili·ty inex·cusa·ble·ness noun
• inex·cusa·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexcusable¹

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin inexcūsābilis; in- ³, excuse ( def ), -able ( def )

Example Sentences

Even if the Patriots had a 5 to 10 percent chance to win the game, not taking it is inexcusable.

From Washington Post

Bernardo characterized Klein’s conduct as “outrageous” and “inexcusable,” and the Anderson School suspended Klein from teaching and banned him from campus.

From Washington Post

The first two, though, ended in draws — an excusable one in El Salvador and an inexcusable one at home against Canada.

From Washington Post

It is maddening and outrageous and completely inexcusable that Texas’s lack of sound utility regulation is having this impact on the rest of the country.

From Ars Technica

“Meyers Leonard’s comment was inexcusable and hurtful, and such an offensive term has no place in the NBA or in our society,” Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.

From Washington Post

That kind of spoiled naïveté seems inexcusable in a clearly intelligent author who is pushing 30.

From The Daily Beast

The lack of unity is “inexcusable and lets our party down,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, it was a major and inexcusable fiasco, as I wrote last week.

From The Daily Beast

Nothing makes their victory inevitable but the inexcusable assumption that it is.

From The Daily Beast

That's an inexcusable lack of leadership from our political elites.

From The Daily Beast

It is very inexcusable in him if he stops to play with any other boys, said the young lady, smiling.

From Project Gutenberg

And hardly a degree less menacing is this gigantic octapus of labor unionism—of inexcusable socialism.

From Project Gutenberg

Unless it is because of a dream, what you have just now told me is entirely inexcusable.

From Project Gutenberg

He thought it very wrong and selfish and quite inexcusable on the part of the Church authorities.

From Project Gutenberg

The protracted delays and inexcusable sluggishness of the leaders had borne their natural fruits.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• impermissible
• indefensible
• intolerable
• outrageous
• reprehensible
• unforgivable
• unjustifiable
• untenable