as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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Recent Examples of objectionable
If a work is too objectionable to perform, don’t perform it.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Every chatbot's conversations will display values that some user somewhere could find objectionable, and every firm will face challenges in how their AIs answer thorny questions about race, gender, religion, politics and more.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
And his rhetoric last Thursday was hardly the most objectionable made on this subject in recent years.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
This was considered a pretty funny story, and not really objectionable.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Every chatbot's conversations will display values that some user somewhere could find objectionable, and every firm will face challenges in how their AIs answer thorny questions about race, gender, religion, politics and more.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
And his rhetoric last Thursday was hardly the most objectionable made on this subject in recent years.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
This was considered a pretty funny story, and not really objectionable.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectionable
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the Eagles coach and players thanked God after their win as though their spiritual beliefs made the Chiefs offensive line collapse without any blitzing. 4.—
Paul Sullivan,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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The merchandise options were changed to solely offering the offensive design within an hour of the broadcast.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Kelce has officially become the obnoxious face of the Chiefs.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Shirley is young and obnoxious, compulsively going live on Instagram and carrying her phone around on a little beaded leash.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Without any supporting facts alleging, political impropriety, unacceptable public safety threats, national security concerns, and the potential failure of not executing federal immigration initiatives and policies, all of which will have an impact on Adams’ ability to govern NYC.—
Arnold Kriss,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Many of them will likely be seen in Kyiv as unacceptable.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Investors were greeted with unpleasant inflation data on Tuesday.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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The steam emanating from the hot oats began to cook the egg whites, which gave the dish an unpleasant scrambled egg-like texture.—
Ashia Aubourg,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectionable. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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