inexcusable

[in-ik-skyoo-zuh-buhl]

adjective

1. incapable of being excused or justified.

   Synonyms: intolerable, unforgivable, unpardonable

inexcusable

/ ˌɪnɪkˈskjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. not able to be excused or justified

Other Word Forms

• inexcusability noun
• inexcusably adverb
• inexcusableness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of inexcusable¹

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

Example Sentences

“The failure to do that is inexcusable and it contributes to a lot of misery,” Gleick said.

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The report described February 2020 as a "lost month" and said the government's lack of urgency was "inexcusable".

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And she said the fact these mistakes were repeated later in 2020 was "inexcusable".

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"The lack of urgency on the part of all four governments, and the failure to take more immediate emergency steps, are inexcusable," the report said.

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Her conclusion was startling, her tone defiant: “Put me wherever you want: misguided socialist, toothless humanist, naïve novelist, useful idiot, apologist, denier, ally, contrarian, collaborator, traitor, inexcusable coward.”

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Related Words

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