unacceptable

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. not adequate to give satisfaction (Freq. 1)
- the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable
• Similar to:
unsatisfactory
• Derivationally related forms:
unacceptableness
2. not acceptable;
not welcome
- a word unacceptable in polite society
- an unacceptable violation of personal freedom
• Ant:
acceptable
• Similar to:
exceptionable, objectionable
• See Also:
unsatisfactory, unwelcome
• Derivationally related forms:
unacceptableness, unacceptability
3. used of persons or their behavior
- impossible behavior
- insufferable insolence
• Syn:
impossible, insufferable, unsufferable
• Similar to:
intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
• Derivationally related forms:
unacceptableness, unacceptability
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:
unaccepted
• Similar to:
nonstandard
• Derivationally related forms:
unacceptableness
• Topics:
linguistics

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unaccepted, impossible, insufferable, unsufferable