as in unacceptable
too bad to be excused or justified
an unjustifiable attack that must be avenged
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Recent Examples of unjustifiable
Now ex-president Biden’s decision to block the sale of U.S. Steel to a Japanese company is unjustifiable.
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Rand Paul, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
Such an action would be unjustifiable in peacetime.
—Henry E. Hale, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2023
To make this gloomy picture even darker, unjustifiable gender disparities continue, as do exploitation, violence, and abuse.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
To convict, prosecutors have told the jury that Penny's use of lethal force must be considered unjustifiable and that Penny acted recklessly and consciously disregarded the substantial risk of putting Neely in the chokehold for so long.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unjustifiable
Rand Paul, National Review, 21 Jan. 2025
Such an action would be unjustifiable in peacetime.
—Henry E. Hale, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2023
To make this gloomy picture even darker, unjustifiable gender disparities continue, as do exploitation, violence, and abuse.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
To convict, prosecutors have told the jury that Penny's use of lethal force must be considered unjustifiable and that Penny acted recklessly and consciously disregarded the substantial risk of putting Neely in the chokehold for so long.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for unjustifiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustifiable
Adjective
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Without any supporting facts alleging, political impropriety, unacceptable public safety threats, national security concerns, and the potential failure of not executing federal immigration initiatives and policies, all of which will have an impact on Adams’ ability to govern NYC.—
Arnold Kriss,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Many of them will likely be seen in Kyiv as unacceptable.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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Lady Gaga has made a career of wearing the most outrageous, impractical and confounding costumes in pop history.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
20 Feb. 2025
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The project to build a bullet train from Los Angeles to Sacramento is an outrageous example of a public work that lacked any fiscal responsibility or oversight from the state government.—
Jon Coupal,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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Nonetheless, in granting pardons, Trump’s failure to distinguish between violent and non-violent offenders is indefensible.—
Clive Crook,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Wielding state power to discriminate against kids is indefensible.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The lack of transparency by withholding what should be public information is inexcusable.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
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The crash that started with inexcusable COVID-19-era school closures has continued over a cliff in almost every state.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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With the internet still in impassioned discussion about the situation, one thing remains clear: for many, the idea of being abandoned in a time of need is an unforgivable act.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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Critics, even in his own ranks, saw this as an unforgivable breach of a political quarantine designed to keep the AfD out of power.—
Thomas Escritt,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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Conservatives and Republicans in Congress continue to claim that the cost of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits is an insupportable burden on America, so benefits need to be cut, though President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to preserve entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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Unless the distress among the German people should become insupportable, any sudden advance movement on their part that relied on force would be doomed to failure without armed support and assistance from outside.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Dec. 2011
Adjective
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Trump’s explicit threats against the Bidens, and his record of trying to politicize the Justice Department and FBI, almost justify an unpardonable pardon, columnist Jackie Calmes writes.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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In her small and deeply Catholic community, suicide is an unpardonable sin, so a horrible crime lures her with the promise of escape.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
29 Sep. 2024
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Nashville's Bad Idea is a wine bar and restaurant set in a former Presbyterian church that fell into disrepair after a vicious tornado.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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By the time Hezbollah launched its bombardment of Israel in solidarity with Hamas' vicious attack on Israel, the militant Lebanese organization had managed to build a significant military capability under the nose of UNFIL and was more robust than ever before.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Unjustifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustifiable. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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