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
And lastly, we cannot be held hostage to the voices on the extreme, that are, voices that are applauding starvation and displacement, that encourage collective punishment, that defend the indefensible, that justify the unjustifiable.
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Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Thanks to an unjustifiable special exemption from federal antikickback-corruption laws granted by Congress, PBMs are allowed to pocket massive drug-pricing rebates—often 40% and higher—instead of passing on those savings directly to patients.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
That so many of these subtle strengths are undermined by poor structure, unjustifiable plotting, and an inattention to detail in basic storytelling is a real shame.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024
Consider the tragic murder of Selena Quintanilla Pérez by Yolanda Saldívar, the former president of the singer’s fan club, or Britney Spears, who shaved her hair off in an act of protest against the unjustifiable harassment and targeting from paparazzi.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
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Abc News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2024
Thanks to an unjustifiable special exemption from federal antikickback-corruption laws granted by Congress, PBMs are allowed to pocket massive drug-pricing rebates—often 40% and higher—instead of passing on those savings directly to patients.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
That so many of these subtle strengths are undermined by poor structure, unjustifiable plotting, and an inattention to detail in basic storytelling is a real shame.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2024
Consider the tragic murder of Selena Quintanilla Pérez by Yolanda Saldívar, the former president of the singer’s fan club, or Britney Spears, who shaved her hair off in an act of protest against the unjustifiable harassment and targeting from paparazzi.
—Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unjustifiable
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Not holding my breath for Mike Johnson or Elise Stefanik to state the obvious that this is unacceptable, dangerous, & shameful.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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An American president who thinks strategically would likely conclude that the risks and costs associated with tariffs-as-a-tactic would be remarkably high, if not unacceptable.Samuel Gregg, National Review, 1 Nov. 2024
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The former frontman of Possum Dixon will be performing at the festival but is somehow not the most outrageous act on the bill.Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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For the man who has it all, here are my favorite outrageous holiday gifts, along with a few practical must-haves.Jim Dobson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Continuing to post on X has been indefensible for some time.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Photo: Buena Vista Pictures/Everett Collection The only flat-out indefensible film in Coppola’s career, Jack serves mainly to underscore all the ways in which Big could have gone horribly wrong.Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Yes, but: Even after the inexcusable loss, the 4-3 team is still in the playoff hunt.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
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This is not only inexcusable in Sunja’s mind but also impossible.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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As a small country with many ill-wishers, surrounded by militias that clamor for its destruction, Israel often feels itself under siege and classifies any action against it as an unforgivable betrayal.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
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Not knowing major players in your space is unforgivable.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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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
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There are people of goodwill who think the way out of this insupportable situation lies in the fight for equal democratic rights in a single state for everyone living in the territory between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 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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As her recent award accolades attest, Zine was a force of nature from first take to last, the conduit through which the viewer experiences the dread, horror, anguish and grief of witnessing her father murdered for the unpardonable sin of speaking his truth.Alexander Woo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
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That forces him to descend the 8,000-foot-and-higher safety zone of the Rocky Mountains, and into the lower-elevation danger zone where vicious monsters roam free.John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 14 Nov. 2024
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Scott, the old pro, knows how to give these scenes a vicious vitality that overcomes any thoughts about how the Romans supposedly got live sharks in the water.Alison Willmore, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Unjustifiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unjustifiable. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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