Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unacceptable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Unacceptable \Un`ac*cept"a*ble\, a.
Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant;
disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. --
{Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`ac*cept"a*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
unacceptable
adj 1: not adequate to give satisfaction: "the coach told his
players that defeat was unacceptable"
2: not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite
society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"
[ant: {acceptable}]
3: used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior";
"insufferable insolence" [syn: {impossible}, {insufferable},
{unsufferable}]
4: (linguistics) 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'" [syn: {unaccepted}]
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