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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Unacceptable \Un'ac*cept"a*ble\, adjective Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- {Un'ac*cept"a*ble*ness}, noun -- {Un'ac*cept"a*bly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
unacceptable
adjective
1: not adequate to give satisfaction; "the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable"
2: not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom" [ant: {acceptable}]
3: used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence" [syn: {impossible}, {insufferable}, {unsufferable}]
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "unacceptable": bad, disagreeable, discommendable, distasteful, exceptionable, ill-favored, illaudable, impossible, improper, inadmissible, inappropriate, indefensible, intolerable, objectionable, tasteless, unagreeable, unallowable, unasked, unbidden, uncommendable, undesirable, uninvited, unpleasant, unpraiseworthy, unsatisfactory, unsuitable, untenable, unwanted, unwelcome, wrong
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