Unexcused

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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.”"

Adjective
  1. 1
    not excused wordnet

Synonyms

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nonexempt

Example

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"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

From un- + excused.

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