as in wrong
falling short of a standard
this work is entirely unacceptable
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Recent Examples of unacceptable
This compassion was unacceptable to the State of New Jersey.
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Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 June 2026
This behavior is completely unacceptable!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
The blast radius becomes unacceptable.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for unacceptable
Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Blackface is unacceptable and making the point so graphically is hurtful and wrong.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 15 June 2026
This behavior is completely unacceptable!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
The blast radius becomes unacceptable.
—Praveen Satyanarayana, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacceptable
Adjective
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Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72.—
Doug Ferguson,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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Every traveler has a trip that went spectacularly wrong.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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Rebecca Lowe joins Dan Patrick to discuss some of the top storylines around the World Cup, including Cristiano Ronaldo's poor play to start, the United States' potential and more.—
Monica Alba,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
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Will the gap between rural and urban America – and the gap between rich and poor America – decline or grow?—
Arthur Cosby,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
Adjective
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In November 2008 an errant air strike, conducted under auspices of a lame-duck Bush administration, killed 37 civilians who were at a wedding party in Wech Baghtu, Afghanistan.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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At supper the guides exchanged significant glances across the fire and acted like a couple of guys who have picked a lame horse.—
Fred Bear,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Are those still your worst fears?—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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While a higher tracker error is not bad in and of itself, most investors become uncomfortable when their portfolio acts so differently from the index.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Adjective
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Iran’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad World Cup got a lot better Sunday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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What started as a horrible mistake ended up bringing the community together.—
Andrea Nakano,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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This is Conolly’s Folly, built in 1740 at the height of a terrible famine.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2026
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The heroes who save us from these awful, terrible music haters do so with force.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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About 220,000 need major repair or replacement, and 41,677 are rated poor, also called structurally deficient.—
Alex Krasnok,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
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About 220,000 need major repair or replacement, and 41,677 are rated poor, also called structurally deficient.—
Alex Krasnok,
The Conversation,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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But their pitching staff has been disappointing to awful, and there's little help coming from the farm system.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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In fact, this version of Louis sounds an awful lot like Lestat.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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“Unacceptable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unacceptable. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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