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unacceptable |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: unacceptable 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}, {unsufferable}] 4: (linguistics) 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: {unaccepted}]
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