unexceptionable

adjective

Definition of unexceptionablenext
as in unobjectionable

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Recent Examples of unexceptionable This seems unexceptionable today, when even popular language columnists, such as the Times’ John McWhorter, are manifest descriptivists. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025 Opponents have dismissed it as a screed, but much of it is a recitation of unexceptionable (and often boilerplate) arguments against wokeness. — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024 For all Miss Manners knows, that may still motivate some guests, although the practice has become common to the point of being unexceptionable. — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022 The floor has been put in unexceptionable order for dancing, and the Committee on Arrangements flatters itself that every possible preparation looking to the enjoyment of the dancers has been provided for. — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022 This president has only, to my recollection, addressed the whole country on a national issue from his office once, and his appearance then was unexceptionable. — Conrad Black, National Review, 30 Oct. 2019 Guarding against betrayal, whether deliberate or accidental, is also unexceptionable. — Jennifer Sims, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2013
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unexceptionable
  1. unobjectionable
  2. acceptable
  3. desirable
  4. pleasant
  5. delightful
  6. attractive
Adjective
  • Such qualities might be unobjectionable, even desirable, in and of themselves, but their ubiquitous appearance across the internet has turned them into instant design clichés.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 24 June 2026
  • And on the surface, Lind's premise is unobjectionable.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of unobjectionable
Adjective
  • Too often, the pressure is not to go further, but to remain legible, acceptable, and marketable.
    — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • But this seemed an acceptable trade-off for a childhood in which kids quickly learned to act independently.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of acceptable
Adjective
  • Turkey is also a reasonably desirable destination for players of a certain type.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Above is a popular formula in a desirable flavor, featuring a blend of five electrolytes, hyaluronic acid, and bioactive collagen peptides.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of desirable
Adjective
  • But a pleasant, elegant note does not match the intimacy—the intentionality—of speaking.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Only Ann Patchett could write such a pleasant, amiable novel about death, and only a horse could serve as her essential metaphor for peaceful salvation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of pleasant
Adjective
  • In a room filled with enough humanitarian awards, photos with legends, and travel souvenirs to fill a museum, the bike is a delightful reminder that even an American icon has to get her cardio in.
    — Gloria Steinem, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Season two of Adults is just as funny as the first, if not more, and apparently just as delightful to make.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of delightful
Adjective
  • But rising bond yields make safer government debt more attractive relative to stocks, while also reducing the present value investors assign to companies’ future earnings.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Those figures could make efficiency retrofits attractive as marine fuel costs and emissions requirements rise.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of attractive

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“Unexceptionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unexceptionable. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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