unjustifiable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ justifiable.

Adjective

unjustifiable (comparative more unjustifiable, superlative most unjustifiable)

1. That cannot be justified, excused or pardoned.

   Near-synonyms: indefensible, inexcusable, unforgivable, unjustified, unpardonable, unprovoked, unreasonable, regrettable, unacceptable, unworthy, remiss, blameworthy, culpable, unwarrantable, excessive, immoderate, unconscionable, outrageous, groundless, unfounded, foundationless, baseless, unsupported, unsubstantiated, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, invalid, untenable, weak, shaky, flawed, defective

   • 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 270:

     From track level, its operating floor looks particularly capacious, but there is a vacant space at one end which was designed to accommodate the control panel for the Perth-Inverness C.T.C. scheme; this was adumbrated as long ago as the 1955 Modernisation Plan, but now seems to be regarded as an unjustifiable luxury.

Derived terms

• unjustifiability
• unjustifiableness
• unjustifiably

Translations

that cannot be justified

• Asturian: inxustificable
• Catalan: injustificable
• Czech: neospravedlnitelný (cs)
• French: injustifiable (fr)
• Galician: inxustificable (gl), inxustificábel (gl)
• Greek: αδικαιολόγητος (el) (adikaiológitos)
• Italian: ingiustificabile (it)
• Portuguese: injustificável
• Russian: непрости́тельный (ru) (neprostítelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: neopravdan (sh), neoprostiv (sh)
• Spanish: injustificable (es)
• Swedish: oförsvarlig (sv)