[
UK
/ʌnɐksˈɛptəbəl/
]
[ US /ˌənækˈsɛptəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌənækˈsɛptəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
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' -
not adequate to give satisfaction
the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable -
not acceptable; not welcome
a word unacceptable in polite society
an unacceptable violation of personal freedom -
(used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable
impossible behavior
How To Use unacceptable In A Sentence
- Such a usage is ethically unacceptable, politically manipulative and decidedly unhistorical.
- Being at the mercy of an unmerciful Ãresource decisionà ®, right at the end of your life, is unacceptable.
- To say how prisoners spend their time on leave is up to individuals is totally unacceptable. The Sun
- Since the dangers of passive smoking have been highlighted and smoking is becoming regarded as socially unacceptable, that is, deviant behaviour, many more people are trying to stop, and succeeding.
- It was unacceptable that anxious patients should wait for hours in crowded accident and emergency departments.
- He added that to approach the scheme on a piecemeal sectional basis would be unacceptable and would prolong the uncertainty.
- Long before we reach this stage, the quality of life for us would be unacceptable, cruel and inhumane. Times, Sunday Times
- Thirteen years of dithering is unacceptable. The Sun
- Internationally, there is widespread concern with a break down in community values in developed countries and unacceptable levels of isolation, loneliness and social disintegration, to which Ireland is not immune.
- Being the only two farangs there, we were totally conspicuous every time we fell asleep on our knees or did something yet again more unacceptable.