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lame excuse

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meanings of lameand excuse


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lame
adjective
uk /leɪm/ us /leɪm/
(especially of animals) not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs ...
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excuse
noun[C]
uk /ɪkˈskjuːs/ us /ɪkˈskjuːs/
a reason that you give to explain why you did ...
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Examples of lame excuse


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However, that is no doubt a lameexcuse.
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Nobody will be convinced by this extremely lameexcuse.
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It is a lameexcuse, which does not wash.
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But when one goes in one is told that it will not be ready for a week, and some lameexcuse is offered.
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He offers the lameexcuse that there are shipping difficulties.
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As we keep telling them, that is a very lameexcuse.
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Teething problems are one thing, but the failings cannot all be explained away with such a lameexcuse.
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It is a pretty lameexcuse for proceeding down a path that could have serious road safety implications detrimental to all road users.
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Really, this is a very lameexcuse indeed.
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The amendments are a lameexcuse for an opportunity to vote against the legislation; they are not good reasons to do so.
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That is a lameexcuse and perhaps it warrants further inspection.
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What a lameexcuse, to say that they did not know because students made applications to various universities.
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They gave a lameexcuse for not finding one and now nothing will be done for two years.
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The objection about weight is a lameexcuse.
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However, to say that marketing must be improved could be used as a very lameexcuse to justify areas where marketing is bad.
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The lameexcuse that has just been given speaks for itself.
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The civil servant said that he had to make some lameexcuse to the firm concerned and say that this was an important matter which took a lot of investigation.
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I cannot help saying that this appears to me to be a pure evasion of the whole question, and a very lameexcuse for the blunder which has been committed.
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This lameexcuse was tried before.
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Is this not rather a lameexcuse?
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