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.

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The enormous local and international exposure in turn magnified behaviors by some haredi visitors to Arosa that are unacceptable in Switzerland. — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, "In the Swiss Alps, locals and haredi Orthodox tourists find ways to get along," 2 July 2019 Yesterday’s obtuse view of music culture is unacceptable after the revelations of Vox Lux. — Armond White, National Review, "Yesterday Is Cynical, Fake Nostalgia," 28 June 2019 In this undeniable context, adding a tool that will exacerbate this disparity would be unacceptable. — Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz, "Axon, the maker of police body cams, won’t pursue facial recognition as a business," 27 June 2019 There are certain behaviors that, by their nature, are unacceptable and there are others that are less so. — Chris Morris, Fortune, "'Borderlands 3' Brings Big Potential Profits, Big Potential Headaches to Take-Two," 19 June 2019 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

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