UNACCEPTABLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does unacceptable mean?
• UNACCEPTABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNACCEPTABLE has 4 senses:
1. not adequate to give satisfaction
2. not acceptable; not welcome
3. used of persons or their behavior
4. not conforming to standard usage
Familiarity information: UNACCEPTABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• UNACCEPTABLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Not adequate to give satisfaction
Context example:
the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable
Similar:
unsatisfactory (not giving satisfaction)
Meaning:
Not acceptable; not welcome
Context examples:
a word unacceptable in polite society / an unacceptable violation of personal freedom
Similar:
exceptionable; objectionable (liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to)
Also:
unsatisfactory (not giving satisfaction)
unwelcome (not welcome; not giving pleasure or received with pleasure)
Antonym:
acceptable (worthy of acceptance or satisfactory)
Meaning:
Used of persons or their behavior
Synonyms:
insufferable; unsufferable; impossible; unacceptable
Context examples:
impossible behavior / insufferable insolence
Similar:
intolerable; unbearable; unendurable (incapable of being put up with)
Meaning:
Not conforming to standard usage
Synonyms:
unaccepted; unacceptable
Context example:
the following use of 'access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists; 'You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'
Similar:
nonstandard (not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
