An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
EXCUSABLE
excusable, forgivable, venial
(adjective) easily excused or forgiven; “a venial error”
excusable
(adjective) capable of being overlooked
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
excusable (comparative more excusable, superlative most excusable)
possible to excuse
Antonyms
• inexcusable
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cus"a*ble a. Etym: [L. excusabilis: cf. F. excusable. See Excuse.]
Definition: That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action.
– Ex*cus"a*ble*ness, n.
– Ex*cus"a*bly, adv. The excusableness of my dissatisfaction. Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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