as in wrong
falling short of a standard
this work is entirely unacceptable
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Recent Examples of unacceptable
This compassion was unacceptable to the State of New Jersey.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 June 2026
This behavior is completely unacceptable!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
The blast radius becomes unacceptable.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unacceptable
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 June 2026
This behavior is completely unacceptable!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
The blast radius becomes unacceptable.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unacceptable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacceptable
Adjective
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But the truth may be that Anthropic is wrong about Mythos’ dangers, and that the government is taking a drastic action that could potentially hurt the US in the technology race with China.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
13 June 2026
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But it was soon revealed that the actors were given the wrong envelope by accountants from Pricewaterhouse Coopers, the firm charged with counting Oscar votes, keeping the results secret and organizing and handing out envelopes to presenters.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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These conditions can increase your vulnerability to adverse effects from poor air quality.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026
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Equating the Holocaust to Gaza is in extremely poor taste.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
Adjective
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In November 2008 an errant air strike, conducted under auspices of a lame-duck Bush administration, killed 37 civilians who were at a wedding party in Wech Baghtu, Afghanistan.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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At supper the guides exchanged significant glances across the fire and acted like a couple of guys who have picked a lame horse.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Brunson is at his best when everything is at its worst, blessed with belief that seems at times desperate and determination that can feel almost manic.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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All of the club’s worst seasons prior to 1965 took place from 1932 and before.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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The companies try to slow down this process by submerging it in oil, but the resulting flavor is horrible.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
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Your cab driver is taking you on a horrible route.—
Zach Schiffman,
Curbed,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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This is Conolly’s Folly, built in 1740 at the height of a terrible famine.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2026
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The heroes who save us from these awful, terrible music haters do so with force.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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In addition to the UC San Diego report, a study at UC Berkeley recently found that at least 20% of first-semester calculus students who took a diagnostic exam between fall 2021 and fall 2023 were deficient.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Sometimes avocado trees can become deficient in certain types of minerals.—
Madeline Buiano,
Martha Stewart,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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But their pitching staff has been disappointing to awful, and there's little help coming from the farm system.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In fact, this version of Louis sounds an awful lot like Lestat.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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“Unacceptable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unacceptable. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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