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noun
The property of being unacceptable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: unacceptableness
Antonyms: acceptability
Broader terms: unsatisfactoriness
Narrower terms: inadmissibility, errancy
History
Etymology tree English unacceptable Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English unacceptability From unacceptable + -ity.
Across languages
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