excuse
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5.3
- noun
- /ɪkˈskjus/
:
mala excusa
- Even the best excuse is still an excuse.
Frankly, don't think that's an excuse at all.
- Frankly, don't think that's an excuse at all.
- Even the best excuse is still an excuse.
- And before you know it, you're making excuses for his or her behavior.
- I mean, that's no excuse, but TI.
- And I just think that I don't buy the excuse that people can't press.
- I don't want you to make excuses for issues.
- Doesn't matter what you're doing, there's no excuse to waste money.
- Most of the time people are just making excuses not to do the thing.
- behavior. There's it's not an excuse to act out, but
- Unless it's CBS bleeping me when I say excuses like this are insane.
- If if I hear excuses it, it kills me.
- No happy endings, no apologies, no excuses, no redemption, no escape.
- Thus all of those excuses they make about speaking their truth.
Examples
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Complaints about a former employer are often viewed as excuses rather than facts.
Academic text (2009) -
The team's performance was a bad excuse for why they lost the match.
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But it's still no excuse not to call you back.
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I suggest we find whatever poor excuse for a road they have in these parts.
Fiction book (1995) -
There are no excuses, there are no good reasons.
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There's no excuse for what he did.
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Religion was a particular bugbear: mostly just an excuse, according to her, for people to hate each other.
Academic text (2009) -
But the point is, we don't need to make up excuses to hang out with each other.
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The project was delayed due to a poor excuse for a plan that lacked detail.
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Her attempt to justify the mistakes was merely a weak excuse that did not convince anyone.
Synonyms
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7.7
A very poor example of something that should be better
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9.9
A rude way to say someone's reason is weak and not acceptable
A false story someone gives to avoid blame
A false or silly story people tell to avoid blame
A silly made-up reason someone gives to avoid blame
A weak excuse that people do not believe
A weak, unconvincing reason someone gives for not doing something
A weak reason used so often people no longer believe it
A weak reason someone gives to avoid blame
A weak reason someone gives to avoid blame
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A very large number of weak reasons someone gives to avoid doing something
How Bad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Excuse comes from the old Latin excusare, where causa means 'cause' or reason (like cause). A 'poor excuse' is simply a weak 'cause' or bad reason, so the word also means a very bad example or weak explanation.