unacceptable
adjective
un·ac·cept·able
ˌən-ik-ˈsep-tə-bəl 
-ak-
: not acceptable : not pleasing or welcome
Examples of unacceptable in a Sentence
a word that is unacceptable in formal English
Some of her ideas were unacceptable to other people.
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That apparently was unacceptable to Musk, who deleted his tweet and flew to California after the game to demand changes to Twitter’s algorithm.
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Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The university deems these actions unacceptable and has terminated the faculty member.
—Kenya Anderson, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2025
The number of those likely to say pleasure over the death of a political opponent is always unacceptable rises with age, , the survey found.
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That's unfathomable, that's unacceptable, that's unconscionable, and that's un-American.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
The university deems these actions unacceptable and has terminated the faculty member.
—Kenya Anderson, Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2025
The number of those likely to say pleasure over the death of a political opponent is always unacceptable rises with age, , the survey found.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
That's unfathomable, that's unacceptable, that's unconscionable, and that's un-American.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unacceptable
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“Unacceptable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unacceptable. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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unacceptable
adjective
un·ac·cept·able
ˌən-ik-ˈsep-tə-bəl
-ak-
: not acceptable : not pleasing or welcome
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