as in adequacy
the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately
the acceptability of a broken key or two on a secondhand piano might depend on which keys are broken
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Recent Examples of acceptability
The rate has been gradually dropping for decades, due to cigarette taxes, tobacco product price hikes, smoking bans, public education campaigns and changes in the social acceptability of lighting up in public.
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Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026
People who feel othered often describe exhaustion from performing acceptability.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The ethical acceptability of working with animal remains does not depend solely on whether the animal is already dead.
—Sam Zeveloff, STAT, 9 May 2026
Comment sections, therefore, are also important fields in which the acceptability of certain types of speech is tested and negotiated.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Ultimately, the voters decide on acceptability.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The second difference is acceptability.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Local private players are learning that being US-aligned is becoming its own form of credibility, an argument for political acceptability and, potentially, financing access.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Homosexuality in China exists in a limbo between social acceptability and taboo.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025
Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026
People who feel othered often describe exhaustion from performing acceptability.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The ethical acceptability of working with animal remains does not depend solely on whether the animal is already dead.
—Sam Zeveloff, STAT, 9 May 2026
Comment sections, therefore, are also important fields in which the acceptability of certain types of speech is tested and negotiated.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Ultimately, the voters decide on acceptability.
—Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
The second difference is acceptability.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Local private players are learning that being US-aligned is becoming its own form of credibility, an argument for political acceptability and, potentially, financing access.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Homosexuality in China exists in a limbo between social acceptability and taboo.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 17 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acceptability
Noun
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Quantum exposure cuts across data, supplier contracts, capital allocation, customer commitments, regulatory adequacy and board appetite.—
Maman Ibrahim,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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More than half of the regions NERC studied could face resource-adequacy problems in that window, a worsening outlook that the group partly attributes to data centers.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Noun
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Even more goodness to check out!—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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There’s more than one way to eat a burger, and thank goodness for that.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
9 June 2026
Noun
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What’s worrying to him is that abundance can masquerade as sufficiency.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Some have raised concerns about the cleanup’s sufficiency.—
Michelle de la Uz,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Imagined through a multigenerational lens, the collection offers an amplitude of points of view, inspirations and ideas.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
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Brown collected speech examples of 49 Canadians from online sources and analyzed the samples using the telltale acoustic markers of vocal fry, such as low and/or irregular pitch, spectral tilt (differences in amplitude between the first and second harmonics), and harmonics-to-noise ratios.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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According to council members who supported the decision, concerns included the appropriateness of the program for children and its potential impact on attendance by some families.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Participants prioritized scientific and medical accuracy, clarity, ease of pronunciation, avoiding stigma, and cultural appropriateness.—
Melanie Cree,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
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While leading an intimate Zumba class at SXSW in London on June 2, the singer, 51, who rose to fame as Scary Spice in the popular group, spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her love of dancing for health and fitness.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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Kumail Nanjiani, who famously transformed his physique over 14 months to play Kingo in Marvel’s Eternals, told HollywoodLife in November 2022 that fitness has become a grounding force in his life.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
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No senator questioned Hamilton’s suitability for the position.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Perhaps the least interesting thing about marshmallows is their suitability for longitudinal studies of personal achievement.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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“Acceptability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acceptability. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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