Definition of unacceptable
:not acceptable :not pleasing or welcome
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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 of unacceptable from the Web
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Unacceptable items are computers, TVs and clothing.
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Both of these have been deemed by the USGS to have an unacceptable level of seismic risk.
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For neo-Nazis, many would agree it’s socially unacceptable behavior.
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Given the utterly abysmal response to the violence in Charlottesville — with President Trump giving the alt-right aid and comfort and an unacceptable number of liberal elites celebrating Antifa thugs — the stage is set for an escalation.
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To talk about what constitutes an acceptable versus an unacceptable quality of life.
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Quantum mechanics, along with the Copenhagen Interpretation, has consequences that are unintuitive, bizarre, and metaphysically unacceptable.
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All the sadism which the academic Left has tried to make unacceptable to its students will come flooding back.
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That's still unacceptable, but compared to 63 cents?
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First Known Use of unacceptable
15th century
unacceptable Synonyms
Synonyms
bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy (also crumby), deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, bad, unsatisfactory, wack [slang], wanting, wretched, wrongAntonyms
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerableRelated Words
abysmal, atrocious, awful, bitchin' [slang], brutal, damnable, deplorable, detestable, disastrous, dreadful, execrable, gnarly [slang], horrendous, horrible, pathetic, stinky, sucky [slang], terrible, unspeakable; defective, faulty, flawed; egregious, flagrant, gross; bum, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, junky, lesser, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, reprehensible, rotten, rubbishy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, trashy; abominable, odious, vile; useless, valueless, worthless; inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager (or meagre), mean, miserly, niggardly, scanty, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, spare, stingy; miscreant, scurrilous, villainous; counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), shamNear Antonyms
classic, classical; A1, bang-up, banner, boss [slang], capital, choice, crackerjack, dandy, divine, excellent, exceptional, fabulous, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-test, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, perfect, premium, prime, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful; better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special, sufficient; average, borderline, fair, mediocre, middling, minimal, so-so, unexceptional; suitable, useful, worthy; gratifying, satisfyingUNACCEPTABLE Defined for English Language Learners
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