Sentence examples for insufficient excuse from inspiring English sources
"insufficient excuse" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you want to indicate that something is not a good enough justification or reason for something. For example: His claim of a family emergency was an insufficient excuse for missing work.
It's a valid point, but an insufficient excuse for holding off on addressing the long-term structural deficit.
This conviction, in itself a kind of hunger – a consuming guilt – finds expression in the cry from one of the New People at the end of the novel: "What else could we have done?" My father felt the excuse was insufficient, and recognised his own share in it.
Activities may be delayed for trivial reasons and excuses including insufficient resources.
As Gradwell himself pointed out, it could well be that the Orange UK rep he spoke to following the non-delivery of his ordered iPhone on Saturday morning was simply using the antenna problems, which have been all over the press in the past few days, as an excuse to hide insufficient stock or other supply issues.
According to Stricklin, safety hazards such as insufficient air ventilation were not "acceptable excuses" for not running coal at Upper Big Branch.
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Importing bottled water could be excused if domestic tap water was not potable or is insufficient for immediate needs, as is the case in some Pacific Islands during drought.
A woman was subsequently arrested on suspicion of preventing the burial of a body without lawful excuse, but a few months later the Crown Prosecution Service announced that there was insufficient evidence to press charges.
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— insufficient consciousness.
