unacceptable

[ UK /ʌnɐksˈɛptəbə‍l/ ]
[ 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

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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 decisionÃ ®, 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.

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