as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
as long as the language is not exceptionable, people can discuss any topic they want in the chat room
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exceptionable
Adjective
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Seattle needs at least one of these players to blossom into a starting-caliber offensive lineman.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025 -
And offensive linemen Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested in Johnson County last May and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And that very relationship between star and star vehicle is why Chalamet’s speech is the opposite of obnoxious.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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As the latest batch of Kennedys turns out to be dangerous at worst (RFK Jr.) or obnoxious at best (Kyra), his seeming composure, intelligence, and level-headedness during a speech at the DNC offered some hope that not all political nepo babies might be so bad.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Environmental groups have long opposed the new reservoir and objected to a shorter judicial review, saying the project will release unacceptable amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas, into the air in addition to other adverse impacts.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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The alternative — courts that fail to protect our fundamental rights — is unacceptable.—
Peter Martin,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That leads to the second point: automating boring tasks, or delegating unpleasant things to the AI itself.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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This grandma insisted my daughter hit her, then made the tour unpleasant Ask a real estate pro: Can HOA force owner to put up fence and swap out plants?—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The site that gave us milkshake duck (shorthand for discovering an overnight celebrity’s racist, sexist, or otherwise objectionable posts) has, post-2022, contributed noticeably less in the way of argot.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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In his first go-around as president, his name was considered so objectionable that six residential buildings on Riverside Boulevard went to great effort and expense (costs were estimated at as high as $1 million per building) to remove it from their facades.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The government has an interest in increasing economic activity and that can be accomplished by removing potential roadblocks like burdensome regulation and undesirable tax consequences.—
Joshua D. Smeltzer,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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This language swap also works to discourage undesirable actions.—
Scott Mautz, Contributor,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Exceptionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exceptionable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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