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inexcusable

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

not excusable

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unexcusable

Antonyms: excusable

2

adjective

Meaning 2

without excuse or justification

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: excusable

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not excusable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unforgivable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French inexcusable, from Latin inexcusabilis.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непростим (neprostim) — not excusable
  • Catalan: inexcusable — not excusable
  • Czech: neomluvitelný — not excusable
  • Danish: utilgivelig — not excusable
  • Finnish: anteeksiantamaton — not excusable
  • French: inexcusable — not excusable
  • Galician: inescusable — not excusable
  • Galician: inescusábel — not excusable
  • German: unentschuldbar — not excusable
  • Greek: αδικαιολόγητος (adikaiológitos) — not excusable
  • Ancient Greek: ἀναπολόγητος (anapológētos) — not excusable
  • Hungarian: megbocsáthatatlan — not excusable
  • Irish: doleithscéil — not excusable
  • Italian: inescusabile — not excusable
  • Polish: niewybaczalny — not excusable
  • Portuguese: inescusável — not excusable
  • Portuguese: indesculpável — not excusable
  • Spanish: inexcusable — not excusable
  • Welsh: anesgusodol — not excusable