as in ethical
not likely to bother or offend anyone
The practice is seen as perfectly unobjectionable.
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Recent Examples of unobjectionable
Maybe that’s the lesson the university is actually communicating to its students, beneath whatever charmingly nasal encouragement Kermit doles out on graduation day: to err on the unobjectionable side when things look dicey.
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Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Many orders can be unobjectionable, such as giving federal employees the day after Christmas off.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Those changes are unobjectionable and do not do much of anything to violate the historical fabric.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Most of that statement turned out to be a list of unobjectionable common interests and aspirations.
—Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2015
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Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Many orders can be unobjectionable, such as giving federal employees the day after Christmas off.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Those changes are unobjectionable and do not do much of anything to violate the historical fabric.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
Most of that statement turned out to be a list of unobjectionable common interests and aspirations.
—Thomas J. Christensen, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unobjectionable
Adjective
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Finally, there are ethical issues with profiting on things such as deaths, natural disasters and wars.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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The ethical wisdom of classical Greece is preserved for all time in these quotes, expressed in lines of elegant, metrical verse.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Motherhood is a beautiful and honorable calling.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Mfume has served Maryland for many years in a distinguished and honorable way.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Moon moves through your 1st House of Identity, bringing focus back to what’s true for you.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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While that’s still true, some of these rising players are feeling the pain of fickle production, too.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Men begetting men is the story, a kind of immaculate cultural reproduction.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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My mom [had] immaculate music taste and [played] me all the greats.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The book resists tidy moral conclusions.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The correct volume is 165 million metric tons.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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Reinsdorf feels Graham is the correct solution to these problems.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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At the macro scale of society, loss of control seems like a legitimate reason for worry.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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That said, debt settlement can be a legitimate option, particularly for those who are already in severe financial distress, have accounts that have already gone to collections or are weighing bankruptcy as the alternative.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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Matter of fact, none of his trademark charisma or humor can be found on the entire album, which seems like a complete misunderstanding of the genre as self-serious and inoffensive.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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DeBrusk is the definition of a top-six guy and his top comps — Reilly Smith, Tyler Toffoli, Jason Zucker — speak to his inoffensive archetype.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
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