unexcused

1. 1.

   not excused

   “too many unexcused absences”

   Similarnonexempt

Questions about unexcused

What does unexcused mean?

unexcused means "not excused".

How many syllables are in unexcused?

unexcused has 3 syllables and divides as unex-cu-sed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unexcused a common word?

unexcused is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.