unacceptable

adjective

un·ac·cept·able | \ ˌən-ik-ˈsep-tə-bəl

, -ak-\

Definition of unacceptable

: not acceptable : not pleasing or welcome

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Other Words from unacceptable

unacceptability \ ˌən-ik-ˌsep-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē

\ noun

unacceptably \ ˌən-ik-ˈsep-tə-blē

\ adverb

Examples of unacceptable in a Sentence

a word that is unacceptable in formal English Some of her ideas were unacceptable to other people.

Recent Examples on the Web

United States officials have said for years that Huawei products pose unacceptable security risks for Americans, citing the company’s ties to Beijing and its murky ownership. — New York Times, "Huawei’s New Front in the Global Technology Cold War: Australia," 19 June 2018 Excluding women from clinical research has real harms: Of the 10 drugs pulled from the market between 1997 and 2000 because of unacceptable health risks, eight of them posed greater health risks to women. — Amy M. Miller, STAT, "Studying sex differences will improve health for women and men," 13 June 2018 Anadarko responded that lowering the overall value would be unacceptable. — Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, "Oxy's pursuit of Anadarko - two years in the making," 7 June 2019 Trying to manage one of the world’s largest automakers under such conditions would be unacceptable, one of the people said. — Liz Alderman, New York Times, "How France’s Intrusive Demands Quashed the Fiat-Renault Deal," 6 June 2019 That is unacceptable, especially at a time when gun violence is traumatizing families and entire communities. — Jeff Coen, chicagotribune.com, "Rahm Emanuel closed half of Chicago's mental health clinics. What was the impact — and will Lightfoot reopen them?," 6 June 2019 To clearly state that harassment toward digital assistants is unacceptable would mean having some standard, some line that can’t be crossed. — Noam Cohen, WIRED, "Why Siri and Alexa Weren’t Built to Smack Down Harassment," 6 June 2019 Average people, with mothers and women at the forefront, stood up to say that this was unacceptable. — Glamour, "Untold Numbers of Mothers Separated From Their Children Will Spend Mother’s Day Alone," 10 May 2019 That would entail customs checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K., an outcome Mrs. May has called unacceptable. — Stephen Fidler, WSJ, "With Six Months to Brexit, EU Sees Theresa May’s Plan as a Threat," 16 Sep. 2018

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