unacceptable
AdjectiveUS[uhn-ak-sep-tuh-buhl]/ˌʌnækˈsɛptəbəl/5 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- not adequate to give satisfaction“the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable”Opposite satisfactorySimilar unsatisfactory
- not acceptable; not welcome“a word unacceptable in polite society”“an unacceptable violation of personal freedom”Opposite acceptableSimilar exceptionable, objectionableSee also unsatisfactory, unwelcome
- (used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable“impossible behavior”Synonyms: impossibleOpposite tolerableSimilar intolerable, unbearable
- 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
- Spanish
- inaceptable
- French
- inacceptable
- German
- inakzeptabel
- Italian
- inaccettabile
- Portuguese
- inaceitável
- Turkish
- kabul edilemez
- Russian
- неприе́млемый neprijémlemyj
- Dutch
- onacceptabel
- Polish
- niedopuszczalny
- Swedish
- oacceptabel
13 more languages
- Greek
- απαράδεκτος aparádektos
- Hungarian
- elfogadhatatlan
- Portuguese (PT)
- inaceitável
- Catalan
- inacceptable
- Czech
- nepřijatelný
- Danish
- uacceptabel
- Esperanto
- malakceptebla
- Finnish
- hyväksymiskelvoton
- Georgian
- დაუშვებელი daušvebeli
- Norwegian
- uakseptabel
- Romanian
- inacceptabil
- Serbo-Croatian
- neprihvatljiv
- Welsh
- annerbyniol
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