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unacceptable

DEFINITIONS OF: unacceptable

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adj not acceptable; not welcome

“a word unacceptable in polite society”
“an unacceptable violation of personal freedom”
Synonyms
exceptionable, objectionable
liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to
unsatisfactory
not giving satisfaction
unwelcome
not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure
Antonyms:
acceptable
worthy of acceptance or satisfactory
bankable
acceptable to or at a bank
unexceptionable, unimpeachable
completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach
unobjectionable
not objectionable
satisfactory
giving satisfaction
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adj used of persons or their behavior

Synonyms:
impossible, insufferable, unsufferable
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
incapable of being put up with

adj not adequate to give satisfaction

“the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable”
Synonyms
unsatisfactory
not giving satisfaction

adj not conforming to standard usage

“the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists”
Synonyms:
unaccepted
nonstandard
not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
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