UNEXCEPTIONABLE Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

unexceptionable

adjective

Definition of unexceptionable

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

Adjective

On its face, Barker said much of the advice sounds unobjectionable.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of unobjectionable

Adjective

Voters who do not have an acceptable photo ID may be able to cast a ballot using an alternative document and, in some cases, sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration.

— S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The other, which boards discuss privately far more than publicly, is what the regulator will permit and what’s politically acceptable in each market.

— Ciaran Cosgrave, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of acceptable

Adjective

The products have to remain desirable enough that customers are willing to pay up at a time when AI is squeezing margins across much of the software sector.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026
Increasingly, however, marinas are becoming desirable destinations unto themselves.

— Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of desirable

Adjective

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne makes a delightful cameo as the fictional host Johnny Johnson, while producer Dan Nigro features in the video as well.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Each step sends a ripple through the spongy, thin mat, a slow undulating motion beneath your feet that surprises the senses, disorienting yet simultaneously strangely delightful.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of delightful

Adjective

Cam, Aneha, Malaine Once again, a rizzless man is empowered to choose between two attractive women.

— Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
The recent volatility in the equity markets has created some potentially attractive opportunities for investors willing to look past near-term choppiness.

— Nick Wells, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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