Unjustifiables

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Entities or actions lacking any legitimate reason or justification; persons or things that cannot be defended as right or fair; individuals deemed without valid cause or excuse
2. Those considered without ethical or rational support; elements or beings unable to be validated or excused through any acceptable argument; subjects regarded as having no rightful defense
3. Objects, behaviors, or people that do not meet criteria for justification; affairs not supported by acceptable grounds or reasons; those viewed as indefensible or unwarranted in any circumstance

Etymology: "Justify" began as a Latin idea of making someone righteous. "Justificare" combined "justus," meaning just or right, with "facere," to make or do. The verb passed through Old French "justifier" into English, where it kept the sense of proving someone right or clearing them of blame. The adjective "justifiable" adds the suffix "-able," from Latin "-abilis," meaning "able to be," and "unjustifiable" adds the prefix "un-," meaning "not." "Unjustifiables" is the plural of that adjective used as a noun, for wrongs that cannot be cleared by any excuse.

Synonyms: unjustifiable acts, unwarranted actions, unjustifiable things

Antonyms: justifiables, warranted acts, justifiable actions