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Unacceptable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNACCEPT'ABLE, a. Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; not such as will be received with pleasure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"
2: not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom" [ant: acceptable]
3: used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: impossible, insufferable, unacceptable, unsufferable]
4: not conforming to standard usage; "the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'" [syn: unacceptable, unaccepted]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 15th century not acceptable ; not pleasing or welcome • unacceptability noun • unacceptably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. not acceptable. Derivatives: unacceptableness n. unacceptably adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unacceptable Un`ac*cept"a*ble, a. Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ac*cept"a*bly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe something as unacceptable, you strongly disapprove of it or object to it and feel that it should not be allowed to continue. It is totally unacceptable for children to swear... Joanna left her husband because of his unacceptable behaviour. ? acceptable ADJ • unacceptably The reform program has brought unacceptably high unemployment and falling wages. ADV: usu ADV adj, also ADV after v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unpleasant, disagreeable, displeasing, offensive, unwelcome.

Moby Thesaurus

bad, disagreeable, discommendable, distasteful, exceptionable, ill-favored, illaudable, impossible, improper, inadmissible, inappropriate, indefensible, intolerable, objectionable, tasteless, unagreeable, unallowable, unasked, unbidden, uncommendable, undesirable, uninvited, unpleasant, unpraiseworthy, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, untenable, unwanted, unwelcome, wrong