Objectionable Meaning
/əˈbdʒɛkʃənəbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjArousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive.
Sentence Examples
The least objectionable "bridge language", or interethnic language is the planned international language Esperanto.
These lowlife trolls tweeted and spread the very same poster that they find objectionable.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The movie's ____ scenes were cut to avoid an adult rating from the board.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee found the language in the report to be ____ and demanded it be revised.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English objection Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English objectionable From objection + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]"
— 1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24:
"We don’t find every use of ALPRs objectionable. For example, we do not generally object to using them to check license plates against lists of stolen cars, for AMBER Alerts, or for toll collection, provided they are deployed and used fairly and subject to proper checks and balances, such as ensuring devices are not disproportionately deployed in low-income communities and communities of color, and that the “hot lists” they are run against are legitimate and up to date."
— 2023 February 13, Chad Marlow & Jay Stanley, “How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers”, in ACLU, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The movie's ____ scenes were cut to avoid an adult rating from the board.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The committee found the language in the report to be ____ and demanded it be revised.