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English
Etymology
From Middle French inexcusable, from Latin inexcusabilis.
Adjective
inexcusable (comparative more inexcusable, superlative most inexcusable)
- not excusable ]
- Synonym: unexcusable
- Antonym: excusable
2022 November 16, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE under fire over "unacceptable" cancellations”, in RAIL, number 970, page 6:It's completely inexcusable that communities in the north of England are having to experience such a dire level of service.
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French inexcusable, from Latin inexcusabilis.
Adjective
inexcusable (plural inexcusables)
- inexcusable ]
- Antonym: excusable
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Middle French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inexcusabilis.
Adjective
inexcusable m or f (plural inexcusables)
- inexcusable ]
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ineɡskuˈsable/
- IPA(key): (informal) /ineskuˈsable/
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: i‧nex‧cu‧sa‧ble
Adjective
inexcusable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexcusables)
- unavoidable
- Synonyms: inescapable, inevitable, insoslayable
- Antonym: evitable
- inexcusable
- Antonym: excusable
2017 December 25, “Reciprocidad ”, in El Nacional:Más allá de sus intenciones futuras, el bribón e inexcusable acto de su candidatura –luego del ilegítimo e ilegal desconocimiento de la voluntad popular diáfanamente manifestada con el triunfo electoral de Juan Pablo Guanipa–, cuyo lógico resultado fue el de su aplastante y aleccionadora derrota, dejó un nuevo sabor amargo en el mundo opositor.- Beyond his future intentions, his candidacy’s rogue and inexcusable action—after the illegitimate and illegal disregard for popular will clearly manifested with Juan Pablo Guanipa’s electoral triumph—logically resulted in his crushing, sobering defeat and left a new bitter taste in the opposition.
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