unacceptable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ acceptable

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌʌn.æk.ˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.ək.ˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, [ˌɐn.æk.ˈsɛp.tʰə.bɫ̩], [ˌɐn.ək.ˈsɛp.tʰə.bɫ̩]
• (US) 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)

1. 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."

2. (linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage

Synonyms

• inacceptable (less common)

Antonyms

• acceptable

Translations

unsatisfactory; not acceptable

• Catalan: inacceptable
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冇得接受 (mou⁵ dak¹ zip³ sau⁶)

  Mandarin: 無可接受 (wú kě jiē shòu)

• Czech: nepřijatelný m
• Dutch: onaanvaardbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: malakceptebla
• Finnish: hyväksymiskelvoton, mahdoton hyväksyä
• French: inacceptable (fr)
• Georgian: დაუშვებელი (daušvebeli)
• German: inakzeptabel (de)

• Greek: απαράδεκτος (el) (aparádektos)
• Hungarian: elfogadhatatlan (hu)
• Italian: inaccettabile (it), inammissibile (it), intollerabile (it), ingiustificabile (it)
• Japanese: 容認できない (yōnin dekinai)
• Portuguese: inaceitável
• Romanian: neacceptabil (ro) m, n, inacceptabil (ro), nesatisfăcător (ro) m, n
• Russian: неприе́млемый (ru) (neprijémlemyj), недопустимый (ru) (nedopustimyj), непозволительный (ru) (nepozvolitelʹnyj)
• Spanish: inaceptable (es)
• Vietnamese: không thể chấp nhận
• Welsh: annerbyniol (cy)

Noun

unacceptable (plural unacceptables)

1. Something that is not acceptable.