unacceptable
English
Etymology
From Middle English unacceptabylle, equivalent to un- + acceptable.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌʌn.æk.ˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.ək.ˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, [ˌɐn.æk.ˈsɛp.tʰə.bɫ̩], [ˌɐn.ək.ˈsɛp.tʰə.bɫ̩]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˌʌn.æk.ˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.ək.ˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, [ˌɐn.æk.ˈsɛp.tʰə.bɫ̩], [ˌɐn.ɪ̞k.ˈsɛp.tʰə.bɫ̩]
Adjective
unacceptable (comparative more unacceptable, superlative most unacceptable)
- unsatisfactory; not acceptable
- 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian[1]:
- "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."
- (linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
Synonyms
- inacceptable (less common)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
unsatisfactory; not acceptable
Noun
unacceptable (plural unacceptables)
- Something that is not acceptable.
- 1989, Walter A. Henry, Michael Menasco, Hirokazu Takada, New-product Development and Testing (page 106)
- Second, the data collected using CASEMAP afford us the opportunity to conduct market segmentation analyses based on the similarity in the pattern of unacceptables and/or the benefits that consumers seek in the category.
- 1989, Walter A. Henry, Michael Menasco, Hirokazu Takada, New-product Development and Testing (page 106)
Further reading
- “unacceptable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- unacceptable, inacceptable at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
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