unacceptable
/ (ˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbəl) /
not satisfactory; inadequate: the standard was wholly unacceptable
intolerable: hitting children is unacceptable
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How to use unacceptable in a sentence
They both recognize that we are in a raging, ever worsening housing crisis and that the status quo is unacceptable.
Politics Report: Alleged Footnote 15 | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | September 5, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThis consent decree will ensure Voyant’s unacceptable treatment of female employees will not stand any longer.
Temp Workers Fight Back Against Alleged Sexual Harassment and Say They Face Retaliation for Doing So | by Melissa Sanchez | August 28, 2020 | ProPublicaIf we had to seek an alternative to USPS Media Mail, our shipping costs would balloon to unacceptable levels.
Slowed mail delivery is the last thing indie bookstores need right now | Rachel King | August 19, 2020 | FortuneDevelopers and county officials looked into numerous solutions over the years – some were unacceptable to the fire district, others to Accretive.
The Burning Question Surrounding the Latest Version of Lilac Hills Ranch | Maya Srikrishnan | June 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe fact that I was neither outraged nor filled with jubilation was not only unacceptable, but also placed me in the minority.
The Outrage Over Beyonce’s Bettie Page Bangs: Why the Media Must Stop Objectifying Women | Phoebe Robinson | October 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That, they feel, is unacceptable given the Sudden Departure.
Carrie Coon on ‘The Leftovers,’ That Wild Finale, Her Apocalyptic Visions, and ‘Gone Girl’ | Marlow Stern | September 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRõivas called the kidnapping of a counterintelligence official a serious crime “unacceptable to any Estonian.”
The jurors could “send a message” that bitter, defamatory blogging and tweeting was unacceptable.
The Weirdest Story About a Conservative Obsession, a Convicted Bomber, and Taylor Swift You Have Ever Read | David Weigel | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe detailed the unacceptable groups like the NRA, big sugar and Monsanto, from which Michaud had taken donations from.
Could Maine Re-Elect Its Wingnut Governor Paul LePage? | Ben Jacobs | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVernon was a zealous Whig, and not personally unacceptable to the chiefs of his party.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHis hearers were struck with stupor: if the conditions were unacceptable, war became inevitable.
The Border Rifles | Gustave AimardA little information with respect to her will perhaps not be unacceptable to the reader before entering upon the story.
The Story of Yvashka with the Bear's Ear | AnonymousThe reader will, it is confidently anticipated, deem, it no unacceptable addition.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus CoxHe thought that I might bring something out of my old Portfolio which would be not unacceptable in the new magazine.
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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