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unexcused

unexcused adjective: that has not been excused.

Adjective

unexcused (comparative more unexcused, superlative most unexcused)

  1. That has not been excused.
    • Mothers descended en masse on the school, beseeching Mr. Elly to release their boys from peril. “I told them that their boys were free to leave, but that an unexcused absence would be marked against them. They called me the cruelest-hearted man they had ever known.”1952 April 13, William McDonald, “Today ‘Barnes Boys’ Are Legion—Positivism Of Mister Elly Helped Educator Build One Of South’s Finest Boys’ Schools”, in The Montgomery Advertiser, 124th year, number...

Forms of unexcused

comparativemore unexcused
superlativemost unexcused

Origin of unexcused

From un- + excused.

Words formed from unexcused

Questions about unexcused

What does unexcused mean?
Unexcused means that has not been excused.
What part of speech is unexcused?
Unexcused is an adjective.

Words near unexcused in the dictionary

  1. unexcursive
  2. unexcusability
  3. unexcusable
  4. unexcusableness
  5. unexcusably
  6. unexcused
  7. unexcusedly
  8. unexcusing
  9. unexecrated
  10. unexecutable
  11. unexecute

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