acceptability

noun

Definition of acceptabilitynext
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 Today, everyone from the Economist to the New York Times has heralded the coming psychedelics renaissance, as hallucinogens begin to gain greater cultural, medical and commercial acceptability. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 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. — 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 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
  1. adequacy
  2. goodness
  3. sufficiency
  4. amplitude
  5. appropriateness
  6. fitness
  7. suitability
Noun
  • The formula set a district’s adequacy target based on factors like demographics, enrollment and student needs.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Employers and health plans should evaluate newly available claims data to assess timing and adequacy of prenatal visits, postpartum visits, and appropriate vaccination both before and during pregnancy to protect the mother and her newborn.
    — Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026
Definition of adequacy
Noun
  • The good news is that while the promotions might end, the restaurants will still be there, serving up lots of goodness.
    — Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That stood in drastic contrast to the start-to-finish musical goodness of Day 1, where the highlights — from Wet Leg and Geese to Clipse and headliner Charli xcx — were more evenly spread out.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of goodness
Noun
  • Since then, the case has remained in the pleading stage, where the county has challenged the sufficiency of the claims without answering them, and the child’s attorneys have revised their complaint three times.
    — Bay City News, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This freedom includes the expression of health, harmony, sufficiency, and the ability to think and act rightly.
    — Rob Nofsinger, Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2026
Definition of sufficiency
Noun
  • There is genuine debate regarding the amplitude and significance of this apparent decline.
    — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026
  • This hardware is used to test different combinations of wavelengths and amplitudes during calibration.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Definition of amplitude
Noun
  • The article raises ethical questions about AI's role in detecting abuse or self-harm, age appropriateness, and its long-term impact on family dynamics, potentially becoming a generational mental health advisor.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Decisions should be based on educational value, age appropriateness, and professional review while ensuring parents, educators, and community members have a voice in the process.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2026
Definition of appropriateness
Noun
  • Left-back could also do with reinforcements, with a thin pool of options available to cover for Luke Shaw, whose fitness record has been patchy during his 12-year career in Manchester.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The fitness center has some of the same equipment brands as used by students on the Storrs campus.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of fitness
Noun
  • The Agentic Fit And Value Impact Assessment This includes evaluation of individual workflows based on their intrinsic, technical suitability for AI execution (agentic fit) and their potential strategic business return (value impact).
    — Pranjal Saxena, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Diomande’s suitability for Mourinho goes beyond his attacking output.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of suitability

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