[syn: unacceptable, unaccepted]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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,
unacceptable, unsufferable]
4: 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: unacceptable, unaccepted]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "unacceptable":
bad, disagreeable, discommendable, distasteful, exceptionable,
ill-favored, illaudable, impossible, improper, inadmissible,
inappropriate, indefensible, intolerable, objectionable, tasteless,
unagreeable, unallowable, unasked, unbidden, uncommendable,
undesirable, uninvited, unpleasant, unpraiseworthy, unsatisfactory,
unsuitable, untenable, unwanted, unwelcome, wrong