Unacceptable Meaning
/ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUnsatisfactory; not acceptable.
adjNot conforming to accepted usage.
Sentence Examples
It is highly regrettable that your request was considered to be unacceptable.
This is totally unacceptable.
Such behaviour is totally unacceptable in a civilized society.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant served food with a cockroach inside, which is completely ____ to the health inspector and customers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager found the quality of the report to be ____ and asked the employee to redo the entire thing today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English unacceptabylle, equivalent to un- + acceptable.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm.""
— 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 31 May 2022:
"The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created to own not just the railways, but also London Underground, docks, inland waterways, and some road haulage activities. Its remit was to operate on a break-even basis, with sustained losses unacceptable."
— 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38:
"Second, the data collected using CASEMAP afford us the opportunity to conduct market segmentation analyses based on the similarity in the pattern of unacceptables and/or the benefits that consumers seek in the category."
— 1989, Walter A. Henry, Michael Menasco, Hirokazu Takada, New-product Development and Testing, page 106:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The restaurant served food with a cockroach inside, which is completely ____ to the health inspector and customers.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager found the quality of the report to be ____ and asked the employee to redo the entire thing today.