unexcused

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

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adj

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.”"

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English excused English unexcused From un- + excused.

more unexcused (comparative) most unexcused (superlative)

unexcusedly

unexcusable

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What does unexcused mean?

That has not been excused.

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