inexcusably
- adverb
- /ɪnˈɛkʃuːzəbli/
- Only were this the case could the negligent be said to be liable to punishment, to have defaulted inexcusably.
- an inexcusably violent act
Examples
-
The cover you plan to use for my seventh novel, Fault Line, pictured below, is inexcusably bad.
Blog text (21) -
I can't recall ever hearing a more narrow-minded, shallow, willfully ignorant, and inexcusably misleading argument.
Blog text (17) -
If I had gone to the polls and my name was inexcusably missing from the list of names ...
Blog text (28) -
To allow anything less is to inexcusably ignore the most valuable educational tools available to us.
Academic text (2009) -
You're being almost inexcusably frank.
-
Her present life seems to her inexcusably comfortable and well-to-do.
Academic text (2003) -
The one time I had this dish, it was inexcusably disappointing ($20).
Blog text (14) -
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the best part of this seriously bloated and inexcusably boring picture.
Blog text (26) -
Froude's editing of the Reminiscences, Norton charged, was of "the most perfunctory, indifferent, and inexcusably careless character."
Academic text (2001) -
He inexcusably failed to show up for the meeting without any notice.
Synonyms
In a way that is very unfair or too harsh
In a way that has no good reason
In a way that is too bad to be excused
In a way that no one can show is right or fair
Without a good reason or any right to do it
In a way that has no good reason
In a way that cannot be forgiven
In a way that is very unfair and morally wrong
Antonyms
How Excusable
Surface Forms
Morphology
inexcusably = inexcusable (transparent) = in + excuse + able + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'inexcusable' with '-ly' and keeps the same meaning.
Etymology
The word inexcusably breaks into three parts: in- meaning 'not', excuse meaning 'to forgive or explain', and -ly which makes it 'in a way'. So inexcusably means 'in a way that cannot be forgiven or justified', which is why we use it for actions that have no acceptable reason.