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Definition of unacceptable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unacceptable

adjective
 
/ˌʌnəkˈseptəbl/
 
/ˌʌnəkˈseptəbl/
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  1. so bad that you think it should not be allowed
    • Such behaviour is totally unacceptable in a civilized society.
    • Noise from the factory has reached an unacceptable level.
    opposite acceptable
    Extra Examples
    • Most people would consider such risks wholly unacceptable.
    • Such a solution would be quite unacceptable to the majority of people.
    • The cost of these proposed changes makes them unacceptable.
    • There is nothing inherently unacceptable in these proposals.
    • Raising taxes now would be politically unacceptable.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • seem
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • completely
    • entirely
    preposition
    • to
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