Word family noun acceptance adjective acceptable ≠ unacceptable accepted verb accept adverb acceptably ≠ unacceptably
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishunacceptableun‧ac‧cept‧a‧ble /ˌʌnəkˈseptəbəl◂/ ●●○ adjective STAND/BEARsomething that is unacceptable is so wrong or bad that you think it should not be allowed I found her attitude totally unacceptable. unacceptable levels of pollutionunacceptable to The recommendations from this report are unacceptable to many black people.unacceptable to do something It was socially unacceptable to discuss sex then. —unacceptably adverb Unemployment is unacceptably high.Examples from the Corpus
unacceptable• Thus such ceremonials do not violate the First Amendment unless the language used in them is unacceptable.• To some, they were crude, rude, and socially unacceptable.• McCartney's response is totally unacceptable.• Most women said they thought the ruling was unfair and unacceptable.• We regard the idea of being able to choose the sex of your baby as wholly unacceptable.• If so, that is unacceptable.• It was the manner in which such a sacred subject was interpreted which was unacceptable.• The foregoing justification of induction is quite unacceptable, as David Hume conclusively demonstrated as long ago as the mid-eighteenth century.• It simply states that present proposals are unacceptable because they do not retain a fair and equitable trading system.• unacceptable behavior• In the short run, it made many black artists unacceptable on urban stations.• Any great degree of such aortic valve incompetence will place an unacceptable work-load on the heart, with resulting heart failure.unacceptable to• More importantly, it is unacceptable to construct data that are available by direct inquiry.• It would be politically unacceptable to exempt Enterprise Zones from their restrictions.• That would be detrimental to children in my constituency, unfair to parents and unacceptable to me.• Capital punishment was unacceptable to the ancient church.• But House leaders said the combined legislation includes language on abortion and other issues unacceptable to the lower chamber.• The treaty was there-fore unacceptable to the other Arab states, who vigorously denounced Sadat.• This may be unacceptable to the vendor.• That too is unacceptable to us. 