Get to know Excusable better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like justifiable or inexcusable.
Excusable in a sentence
Excusable meaning
- Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
- Describing an illegal act that was committed involuntarily, for example under false information or because of a faulty device. Distinguished from justifiable, describing an illegal act that was intentional but justified for other reasons.
Synonyms of Excusable
Using Excusable
- The main meaning on this page is: Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused. | Describing an illegal act that was committed involuntarily, for example under false information or because of a faulty device. Distinguished from justifiable, describing an illegal act that was intentional but justified for other reasons.
- Useful related words include: justifiable, inexcusable, forgivable, venial.
Context around Excusable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Excusable
- In this selection, "excusable" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, longer, less, due and albeit stand out and add context to how "excusable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bit more excusable albeit not and even less excusable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "excusable" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with excusable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When you are acutely ill, self-absorption may be excusable. (10 words)
That one is a bit more excusable, albeit not really in today’s game. (14 words)
I don’t have to have those horrible conversations again about something that’s not really excusable. (17 words)
None of it is excusable but if we are reading his story how many of us have young children, toddlers included, who are exhibiting behavior that require our attention, yet we are not tending to those needs as parents, family and community. (42 words)
When it comes to both justices, that they appear to understand — and can act on — the propriety of recusal in other cases makes their failure to do so here even less excusable. (32 words)
There was always likely to be a drop-off after that honeymoon period but that doesn’t render the scale of their collapse as irrelevant or excusable. (27 words)
Example sentences (8)
But today is the day that its no longer excusable due to a busy schedule or sudden change of plans.
That one is a bit more excusable, albeit not really in today’s game.
When it comes to both justices, that they appear to understand — and can act on — the propriety of recusal in other cases makes their failure to do so here even less excusable.
There was always likely to be a drop-off after that honeymoon period but that doesn’t render the scale of their collapse as irrelevant or excusable.
I don’t have to have those horrible conversations again about something that’s not really excusable.
None of it is excusable but if we are reading his story how many of us have young children, toddlers included, who are exhibiting behavior that require our attention, yet we are not tending to those needs as parents, family and community.
Similar to many men in Hollywood, while Ansari’s sexual conduct may not meet the legal definition of assault, it is not excusable.
When you are acutely ill, self-absorption may be excusable.