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inacceptable

inacceptable adjective: unacceptable.

Adjective

inacceptable (comparative more inacceptable, superlative most inacceptable)

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed) Unacceptable.
    • And there is ſuch an antipathy betwixt our nature and Purgations, that the very ſmell of them is inacceptable; […]1657, Joannes Renodæus [i.e., Jean de Renou], translated by Richard Tomlinson, “Of the faculties of Medicaments, and how many sorts there be accordingly”, in A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing the...
    Synonyms:
    unacceptable

Synonyms of inacceptable

Antonyms

Forms of inacceptable

comparativemore inacceptable
superlativemost inacceptable

Origin of inacceptable

From in- + acceptable.

Questions about inacceptable

What does inacceptable mean?
Inacceptable means unacceptable.
What part of speech is inacceptable?
Inacceptable is an adjective.

Words near inacceptable in the dictionary

  1. inabsorbable
  2. inabstinence
  3. Inacayan
  4. inaccentuated
  5. inacceptability
  6. inacceptable
  7. inacceptably
  8. inaccess
  9. inaccessibility
  10. inaccessible
  11. Inaccessible Island

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