as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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The objectionable verbiage is sorted into categories, with explanations and descriptions.
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
The list of objectionable content comes a week after White House officials sent a letter asking eight of the Smithsonian's museums to submit their current and future plans for exhibitions, social media content and other material.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 24 Aug. 2025
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 3 Sep. 2025
The team consults the Urban Dictionary for meanings of less common terms and reviews an internal document of objectionable configurations.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
The list of objectionable content comes a week after White House officials sent a letter asking eight of the Smithsonian's museums to submit their current and future plans for exhibitions, social media content and other material.
—Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectionable
Adjective
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There are questions about Towns, who is a very potent offensive threat but hasn't lived up to his potential defensively.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The change also aligned with the WHO’s guidelines for naming diseases, which emphasize avoiding names that are offensive to cultural groups, or that negatively impact trade, tourism, or animal welfare.—
Dr. Nikki Romanik,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Powell might have been appealing enough to make this goofy premise work if Russ and his alter ego weren’t two of the most obnoxious TV characters in recent memory—and if the show didn’t seem cobbled together from older, better sports comedies.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Apple's obnoxious $100-or-$200-per-tier upgrade pricing for storage and RAM is usually the worst part about any of its products, so any upgrade that eliminates that upcharge for anyone is worth calling out.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Violence anywhere, especially in a place of worship, is unacceptable.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Other Republicans — especially in the House — see it as an unacceptable expansion of President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, which Republicans have tried to eliminate or cut back since it was enacted 15 years ago.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the ever-reliable consumer is beginning to look shaky, courtesy of an unpleasant mix of a stagnating job market and sticky inflation.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The power is accompanied by a loud, unpleasant exhaust note.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectionable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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