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excuseless

excuseless adjective: having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.

Adjective

excuseless (comparative more excuseless, superlative most excuseless)

  1. Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.
    • What of the weakling, the ignorant criminal? Not who, excuseless,
      Breaking my law braved death, knowing his deed and its due —
      Nay, but the feeble and foolish, the poor transgressor, of purpose1883, Robert Browning, Ixion
    • To accept these and kindred social sicknesses as fatalities is as excuseless as to accept tuberculosis or hookworm as permanent and unavoidable ills.1913, John Graham Brooks, “Chapter 16”, in American Syndicalism

Forms of excuseless

comparativemore excuseless
superlativemost excuseless

Origin of excuseless

From excuse + -less.

Words formed from excuseless

Questions about excuseless

What does excuseless mean?
Excuseless means having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology.
What part of speech is excuseless?
Excuseless is an adjective.

Words near excuseless in the dictionary

  1. excuseable
  2. excused
  3. excused my French
  4. excuseflation
  5. excuseful
  6. excuseless
  7. excuselessness
  8. excusements
  9. excuser
  10. excusers
  11. excuses

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