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valid excuse

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meanings of validand excuse


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valid
adjective
uk /ˈvæl.ɪd/ us /ˈvæl.ɪd/
based on truth or reason; able to ...
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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 valid excuse


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Lack of editorial support (the book was typeset by the author) may be an explanation, but it is not a validexcuse.
According to everyday understanding, one may have a validexcuse for not fulfilling the obligation associated with a collective preference.
I am not at all sure that this is a validexcuse.
He was amazed to learn not only that what had happened was correct but that forgetting a ticket was not a validexcuse.
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She was suspended because she was absent without leave and had, it was understood, no validexcuse for being away from school.
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But it is not a validexcuse for the difference between the undertakings that were made before the general election and what has since happened.
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And then they always have the quite validexcuse that they have not got time to press them further.
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That does not sound like a validexcuse or explanation to me.
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What is a validexcuse for not having a ticket?
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There does not seem to me to be any validexcuse for this long postponement.
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I do not know of any validexcuse except in exceptional circumstances.
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The only validexcuse, it seems to me, for a restriction of this sort must be one that has something to do with public safety.
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That assistance to these women requires legislation is not a validexcuse.
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I know it is easier to have them printed so that they can be circulated, but that really is not a validexcuse.
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The excuse that they are willing to do so, but unable, is not a validexcuse.
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This is creating enormous debts that are likely to be passed, without any validexcuse, to future generations.
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That is a perfectly reasonable and validexcuse.
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This would seem to be a matter in respect of which there was no validexcuse for delay.
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But the complexity of the problem can no longer be a validexcuse for procrastination.
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I did not regard that as a validexcuse.
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