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unacceptable

,ʌnæk'sɛptʌbʌl

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adjective
not conforming to standard usage
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"the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'"

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unaccepted nonstandard
adjective
(used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable
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impossible unendurable unbearable intolerable
adjective
not acceptable; not welcome
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"a word unacceptable in polite society" "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"

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exceptionable objectionable

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acceptable
adjective
not adequate to give satisfaction
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"the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"

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unsatisfactory

Examples of unacceptable

"the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'"
"a word unacceptable in polite society"
"an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"
"the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"