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| Main Entry: | indefensible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexcusable |
| Synonyms: | bad, faulty, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, untenable, wrong, inexpiable, insupportable, unwarrantable |
| Antonyms: | defensible, excusable, justifiable, justified |
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| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, weak, hands tied, in line of fire, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, on the line, on the spot, out on limb, pigeon*, up the creek, wide open |
| Antonyms: | powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inexcusable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not forgivable |
| Synonyms: | blamable, blameworthy, censurable, indefensible, intolerable, outrageous, reprehensible, unforgivable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, untenable, wrong, criticizable, impermissible, inexpiable, unallowable, unpermissible, unwarrantable |
| Antonyms: | excusable, forgivable, justifiable |
| Main Entry: | unarmed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disarmed |
| Synonyms: | exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, powerless, unguarded, unprotected, vulnerable, hands tied, like a sitting duck, unshielded, weaponless, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unforgivable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexcusable |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, contemptible, deplorable, disgraceful, indefensible, outrageous, reprehensible, shameful, unconscionable, unjustifiable, unpardonable, untenable, wrong, inexpiable, not forgivable, unallowable, unpermissible |
| Main Entry: | unjustifiable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwarranted |
| Synonyms: | baseless, groundless, indefensible, inexcusable, uncalled-for, unconscionable, unforgivable, unfounded, unjust, unjustified, unpardonable, wrong, foundationless, ungrounded, unmerited |
| Notes: | an unjustified act is one for whose justification no past event or development can be adduced; an unjustifiable act is one for whose justification no future event or development can be adduced |
| Main Entry: | unprotected |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defenseless |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, helpless, indefensible, naked*, open, out on a limb*, powerless, unarmed, unguarded, unsafe, vulnerable, weak, in the line of fire, like a sitting duck, pregnable, wide open |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unwarranted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not reasonable or right |
| Synonyms: | baseless, bottomless, gratuitous, groundless, indefensible, inexcusable, uncalled-for, unconscionable, undue, unfair, unfounded, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unreasonable, wrong, foundationless, ungrounded, unprovoked, unwarrantable |
| Antonyms: | justifiable, reasonable, warranted, called-for |
| Main Entry: | unpardonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unforgivable |
| Synonyms: | indefensible, inexcusable, intolerable, reprehensible, unjustifiable, inexpiable |
| Antonyms: | forgivable, pardonable, understandable |
| Main Entry: | gratuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not necessary |
| Synonyms: | assumed, baseless, bottomless, groundless, indefensible, needless, superfluous, uncalled-for, unessential, unfounded, unjustified, unwarranted, wanton, causeless, inessential, reasonless, supererogatory, unmerited, unprovoked, unsupportable |
| Antonyms: | deserved, needed, reasonable, warranted |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exposed, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, assailable, defenseless, helpless, indefensible, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, untenable, wide-open*, woundable |
| Antonyms: | guarded, protected, safe, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | guilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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black, abandoned, accursed, adulterine, apostate, atrocious, bad, base, blameworthy, censurable, compunctious, condemned, corrupt, criminal, criminogenic, culpable, deep in iniquity, degrading, demoniacal, demoralized, demoralizing, depraved, desertless, diabolic, diabolical, discreditable, disgraceful, disorderly, disreputable, dissolute, doli incapax, dolose, evil-disposed, evil-minded, exceptionable, facinorous, false, fedifragous, felonious, fiendlike, flagitious, flagrant, foul, frail, graceless, grave, gross, guilt-sick, guilty, heartless, heinous, hell-born, hellish, hit-and-run, hot, ill-conditioned, illaudable, illegal, immoral, imperfect, improper, in fault, in the wrong, in the wrong box, incarnate, incorrect, incorrigible, indecorous, indefensible, indiscreet, inequitable, inexcusable, inexpiable, infamous, infernal, infirm, iniquitous, irreclaimable, irremissible, lawless, lax, lost in iniquity, lost to virtue, mala fide, malevolent, mephistophelian, misbegotten, miscreated, mutinous, naughty, nefarious, nefast, obdurate, objectionable, of a deep dye, one-sided, partial, past praying for, peccable, peccaminous, penal, perfidious, piacular, poison-pen, profligate, recidivous, recreant, reprehensible, reprobate, satanic, scampish, scandalous, scurvy, seditious, shameful, sinful, sinister, sinning, steeped in iniquity, stygian, sunk in iniquity, supercilious, thelyphthoric, to blame, too bad, transgressive, treacherous, unallowable, uncommendable, unconscionable, unduteous, undutiful, unequal, unequitable, unfair, unfit, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unpardonable, unprincipled, unrighteous, unseemly, unwarrantable, unworthy, vicious, vile, villainous, virtueless, weak, wee-wow, weighed in the balance and found wanting, wicked, wired, worthless, wrong, wrongful
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