justifiable reason

collocation in English

meaningsofjustifiableandreason

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justifiable
adjective
uk
/ˈdʒʌs.tɪ.faɪ.ə.bəl/us
/ˈdʒʌs.tə.faɪ.ə.bəl/
If something is justifiable, there is a good reason ...
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reason
noun
uk
/ˈriː.zən/us
/ˈriː.zən/
the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse ...
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(Definition ofjustifiableandreasonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofjustifiable reason

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Some physicians feel this is not ajustifiablereasonfor immunization.
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We know that men are being uprooted from one part of the country and sent to another for nojustifiablereason.
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There is nojustifiablereasonfor any further reductions in these resources.
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They would have to prove that they had ajustifiablereasonfor making such inquiries about an individual vehicle.
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Unfortunately, great damage has been done to our university institutions for nojustifiablereason.
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I can think of nojustifiablereasonfor excluding them from that type of work.
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Nojustifiablereasonhas been given for not scheduling this disease.
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I cannot find anyjustifiablereasonwhy something should not be done for them.
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If one did not have a suitable dog, would that be ajustifiablereasonfor not accepting such employment?
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There is nojustifiablereasonwhy those who have a car cannot find somewhere to park it.
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There is no medical orjustifiablereasonfor that.
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There is nojustifiablereasonfor such a policy.
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Some of them have a sociallyjustifiablereason, but for others it is a form of political protest.
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We have heard of no rational orjustifiablereasonin the exchanges for the exclusion of those people.
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There can be nojustifiablereasonwhy any cut in the employment programme should be considered.
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The fuel at the nation's disposal for energy requirements in the immediate future is ajustifiablereasonfor jubilation.
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Therefore, there is ajustifiablereasonfor deleting the option in respect of shares and stocks because that does not apply in this case.
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I see nojustifiablereasonwhy the decision should be delayed further.
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Let us stop this before it gets started, because there is nojustifiablereasonfor the rule at all.
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There is an overwhelminglyjustifiablereasonwhy we should not make the position any worse than it is, so far as the principle is concerned.
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