unacceptable

Adjective
US[uhn-ak-sep-tuh-buhl]/ˌʌnækˈsɛptəbəl/5 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (4)

  1. not adequate to give satisfaction“the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable”Opposite satisfactorySimilar unsatisfactory
  2. not acceptable; not welcome“a word unacceptable in polite society”“an unacceptable violation of personal freedom”Opposite acceptableSimilar exceptionable, objectionableSee also unsatisfactory, unwelcome
  3. (used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable“impossible behavior”Synonyms: impossibleOpposite tolerableSimilar intolerable, unbearable
  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’”Synonyms: unacceptedOpposite receivedSimilar nonstandard
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Translations

Adjective not acceptable, intolerable

Portuguese
inaceitável
Russian
неприе́млемый neprijémlemyj
13 more languages
Greek
απαράδεκτος aparádektos
Portuguese (PT)
inaceitável
Esperanto
malakceptebla
Georgian
დაუშვებელი daušvebeli
Norwegian
uakseptabel
Romanian
inacceptabil
Serbo-Croatian
neprihvatljiv

The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Un′ac·cept′a·ble adjective

Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. — Un′wb-a2′>′ac·cept′wb-a1′>′a·ble·ness, noun — Un′wb-a2′>′ac·cept′wb-a1′>′a·bly, adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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