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Exceptionable - 3 dictionary results

ex⋅cep⋅tion⋅a⋅ble

  [ik-sep-shuh-nuh-buhl]
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–adjective
liable to exception or objection; objectionable.
Origin:
1655–65; exception + -able

Related forms:
ex⋅cep⋅tion⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
ex⋅cep⋅tion⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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ex·cep·tion·a·ble   (ĭk-sěp'shə-nə-bəl)   
adj.  Open or liable to objection or debate; objectionable or debatable.
ex·cep'tion·a·bil'i·ty n., ex·cep'tion·a·bly adv.
Usage Note: Exceptionable and exceptional are not interchangeable. Only exceptionable means "objectionable" or "debatable"; exceptional means "uncommon" or "extraordinary."
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Exceptionable

Ex*cep"tion*a*ble\, a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable. -- Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n.

This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. --Addison.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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