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The phrase "a feeble excuse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an excuse that is weak, unconvincing, or lacking in strength or validity.
Example: "His explanation for being late was nothing more than a feeble excuse that failed to convince anyone."
Alternatives: "a weak justification" or "a poor rationale".
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That is a feeble excuse for their inaction to date.
The-times-they-are-a-changin' is a feeble excuse for disregard of duty.
He makes and breaks dates for a chat, eventually offering a feeble excuse and hanging up.
Her entry into dressmaking was an accident (though her family still finds that a feeble excuse).
"That's just a feeble excuse to provide weak support for an incredibly evil man.
"That's just a feeble excuse to provide weak support for an evil man".
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What a depressingly feeble excuse from a president who has promised, and shown, strong leadership in other respects, and who had claimed, by the way, to be a champion of liberal trade.
It's a pretty feeble excuse for building a new generation of nukes, but it worked.
This is a nonsensical and feeble excuse.
He had always thought of texting as a feeble, newfangled excuse for conversation.
Well, he's not going to complain at his good luck, and he accepts her feeble excuse that she sent him a photograph of another woman, because... well, I forget the exact because, but the audience wants Deneuve as much as Belmondo does.
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