unacceptable
English
Etymology
From Middle English unacceptabylle, equivalent to un- + acceptable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unacceptable (comparative more unacceptable, superlative most unacceptable)
- unsatisfactory; not acceptable
- 2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:
- "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."
-
- (linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
Synonyms
- inacceptable (less common)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
unsatisfactory; not acceptable
|
Noun
unacceptable (plural unacceptables)
- Something that is not acceptable.
- 1989, Walter A. Henry, Michael Menasco, Hirokazu Takada, New-product Development and Testing (page 106)
- 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)
Further reading
- unacceptable at OneLook Dictionary Search
- unacceptable, inacceptable at Google Ngram Viewer
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.