as in wrong
falling short of a standard
this work is entirely unacceptable
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Recent Examples of unacceptable
Such an outcome would (and should) be completely unacceptable to Ukraine and its partners.
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Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
Though an unacceptable mistake led to the first goal, San Diego won the balance of play by a solid margin.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Their aggressive behavior was completely unacceptable.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Political Battles Make Government Shutdown More Likely Recent CRs have been bipartisan, relying on significant support from Democrats, largely because a hardcore group of Republicans refuse to vote for CRs without massive spending cuts that are unacceptable to Democrats (and some Republicans).
—Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unacceptable
Thomas Wright, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025
Though an unacceptable mistake led to the first goal, San Diego won the balance of play by a solid margin.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Their aggressive behavior was completely unacceptable.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Political Battles Make Government Shutdown More Likely Recent CRs have been bipartisan, relying on significant support from Democrats, largely because a hardcore group of Republicans refuse to vote for CRs without massive spending cuts that are unacceptable to Democrats (and some Republicans).
—Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacceptable
Adjective
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Agency leaders must also be mindful of compliance—misleading ads not only attract the wrong people but also risk legal trouble.—
Arnold Sotelo,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Notoriously indifferent to anyone on the wrong side of the 25-54 demo, advertisers eat this stuff up with a spork.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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And another research team, using data from 2015 to 2022, observed in an article available in Energy Research and Social Science that poor income distribution correlates with social unrest when fossil fuel subsidies are removed.—
Aldo Flores-Quiroga,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The board meeting featured a slideshow that indicated pre-sales of NASCAR Heat 5 were very poor, 27% behind NASCAR Heat 4 (the previous game in the series) at the same time in development.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
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The state of our budget and our debt is bad for the country and bad for working families.—
Charlotte Alter,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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Almost—the Cybertruck somehow manages to look worse in real life than in pictures; the confluence of angles where its various steel body panels fit together somehow serves to prove the exception to the rule that is the golden ratio.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Second, laser technology is deficient in energy, efficiency, and is too expensive.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
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Of course, soil can also be deficient in important nutrients.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Some compare Sanders to Geno Smith — not flattering, but not horrible.—
Troy Renck,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2025
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Everybody's going to be thrown, according to , into all these horrible situations.—
Hugh Cameron,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Fairfield County corridor is infamously awful, according to Potamkin Hyundai, with the Stamford stretch recently ranking as the number one busiest highway segment in the entire country.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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But Ovechkin has been scoring 50 goals (a season) for an awful long time now.—
Homero De la Fuente,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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This is, on paper, a terrible idea for all involved.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Until its proves otherwise, Miami sits mediocre at ninth-best in the 16-team AFC -- not terrible, surely not the dregs ... but not a contender.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Unacceptable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unacceptable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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