Used in a Sentence

justifiable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for justifiable.

Editorial note

Once again, the problem is determining a 'fair, economically justifiable valuation' that a majority can agree on...

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Quick take

That can be justified.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of justifiable gathered in one view.

adjective

That can be justified.

adjective

(law, specifically) Describing an illegal and intentional act that is nevertheless not blameworthy, for example because its positive consequences outweighed the bad. Distinguished from excusable, describing an involuntary illegal act.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for justifiable.

adjective

That can be justified.

adjective

(law, specifically) Describing an illegal and intentional act that is nevertheless not blameworthy, for example because its positive consequences outweighed the bad. Distinguished from excusable, describing an involuntary illegal act.

Example sentences

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Once again, the problem is determining a 'fair, economically justifiable valuation' that a majority can agree on...

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The reasons of the invasion is always justifiable by the invader.

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Back in the 80s and 90s it was a justifiable viewpoint because existing version control systems sucked.

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All of these actions may have actually been completely justifiable, but were communicated and implemented very poorly.

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In real-life code, a seemingly stupid decision is may well be totally justifiable, but not obviously so from the code itself.

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Is it really a crash if share prices fall to fair, economically justifiable valuation levels?

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There is no justifiable reason for these things to be integrated at all.

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I can even see (a very small number of) morally justifiable situations in which this is acceptable.

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Many laws banning sexual practices are more justifiable under such laws.

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By your evidence the hate for Flash is quite justifiable.

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Hacking it may in fact be more ethically (though not necessarily legally) justifiable if its demise in fact contributes to the reduction of violence against the site's users' victims.

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There's such a thing as justifiable spending.

Quote examples

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There is no justifiable corner in neuroscience reserved for proclamations of " and this is where magic happens ".

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I"m wondering whether what we are actually seeing is a bubble returning to it's underlying justifiable value?

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For example, you could have a system of morality that has the axiom: "advertising is inherently bad." In this case, it's hard to imagine it would be justifiable.

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If you go for the second meaning, which is an entirely natural reading of the original headline, then the headline is saying " Someone (such as the NSA or their friends) put a lot of malware into this stuff." As to the "why" question (which for the record was not mine) I don't think it's justifiable to use a misleading headline just because the information is important.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use justifiable in a sentence?

Once again, the problem is determining a 'fair, economically justifiable valuation' that a majority can agree on...

What does justifiable mean?

That can be justified.

What part of speech is justifiable?

justifiable is commonly used as adjective.