feeble excuse
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffeebleandexcuse
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feeble
adjective
uk/ˈfiː.bəl/us/ˈfiː.bəl/
weak and without energy, strength, ...
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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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(Definition offeebleandexcusefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is afeebleexcuse.
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With thisfeebleexcuse, he assumes that he is explaining the faulty passages in bluebooks and papers, passages which are vague, even incoherent.
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I am sorry if that sounds rather afeebleexcuse.
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Will he use that samefeebleexcuseagain?
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This is farcical, and afeebleexcusefor avoiding for another year—and who knows how many years after that?
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That is a prettyfeebleexcusefor policy-making.
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I find this a very lame andfeebleexcuse.
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That is afeebleexcusefor imposing a guillotine.
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This seems to me to be about the mostfeebleexcusethat could be advanced.
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Or is that reason afeebleexcuseto divide the system again so that a few schools can have a privilege that is not permitted to the many?
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It is simply not adequate for government or the executive to make that sort offeebleexcuseto try to get away from the responsibility for changes in policy.
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That goes for people in a position of power—architects and engineers in their thinking about access and in giving fire regulations as afeebleexcusewhen it need not be.
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That is afeebleexcuse.
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They must be focused on their task of providing what they should provide, and not just be able to walk away without doing anything, muttering somefeebleexcuse.
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That is a veryfeebleexcuse.
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It was afeebleexcuse.
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When everything unexpectedly and spectacularly fell apart, there were some feeble excuses and recriminations from the two principal actors in the drama that were part comedy and part tragedy.
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We hear some feeble excuses for inaction, but £3·3 billion is a formidable sum if properly deployed.
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I never give feeble excuses; my explanations are always telling and to the point.
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I have never heard such feeble excuses in all my life; it is time to get this done.
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