as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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Recent Examples of objectionable
Ryan MacDonald, chief technology officer at Liquid Web, attributes the disturbing, confusing and objectionable content to guardrails not properly built or updated.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
After some back-and-forth posts over the weekend, Moreland accused Bryan of inappropriate and objectionable behavior.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
None of this is objectionable, let alone surprising; the careful packaging, consumption, and regurgitation of story material, as noted earlier, is less a bug than a feature of the genre.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
And the government routinely prosecuted people for saying things, or for producing art, that regulators or law enforcement found objectionable.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
After some back-and-forth posts over the weekend, Moreland accused Bryan of inappropriate and objectionable behavior.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
None of this is objectionable, let alone surprising; the careful packaging, consumption, and regurgitation of story material, as noted earlier, is less a bug than a feature of the genre.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 June 2025
And the government routinely prosecuted people for saying things, or for producing art, that regulators or law enforcement found objectionable.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectionable
Adjective
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Stanton then smoked a two-run single at 110.8 mph, completing his latest offensive outburst.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
13 Aug. 2025
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He was named to the 2018 All-Mountain West team and was the offensive MVP of the 2018 Mountain West championship game, rushing for 200 yards and a touchdown as the Broncos fell 19-16 to Fresno State in overtime.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His wife, Penelope, is fending off a horde of obnoxious suitors trying to take his throne, while their son, Telemachus, grows up wondering if his father is still alive.—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
17 July 2025
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Genovese deals with this quite cleverly, putting those obnoxious anthropomorphic emotions to good use in the end.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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While Led Zeppelin would have benefited greatly from Reid’s singing, songwriting and distinctive guitar work, being in that barnstorming band would have placed unacceptable artistic restraints on him.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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The unexpected adverse media campaign that was launched by those who resigned on 24 March 2025 has caused incalculable damage and offers a glimpse of the unacceptable behaviors displayed in private.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Once again, America confronts the unpleasant truth that the Constitution does not expressly guarantee a right to vote — and neither will the Supreme Court.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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The options are unpleasant tenements on one side and unaffordable houses on the other.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectionable. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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