| Most corny |
| Most feeble |
| Least valid |
| Most halting |
| Least sensible |
| Most contrived |
| Least effectual |
| Most claudicant |
| Least plausible |
| Weakest (excuse) |
| Least convincing |
| Least believable |
| Most ineffectual. |
| Tops in tallness? |
| Worst, as excuses |
| Most unconvincing |
| Least satisfactory |
| Pathetic to the max |
| Weakest, as excuses |
| Worst, as an excuse |
| Weakest, excuse-wise |
| Like the worst excuse |
| Poorest, as an excuse |
| Weakest, as an excuse |
| Tops in implausibility |
| Flimsiest, as an excuse |
| Unlikeliest, as an alibi |
| Unlikeliest to be bought |
| Least valid, as an excuse |
| Like the worst of excuses |
| Unlikeliest, as an excuse |
| Least plausible, as an excuse |