adj
Meaning 1
Not objectionable; not causing any objection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: objectionable
Standard Lemma guide
unobjectionable
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adjective
Meaning 2
(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- good clean fun
- a clean joke
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clean
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not objectionable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ends are unobjectionable; it's the means that one can't accept
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
not causing disapproval
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was an innocuous remark
- confined himself to innocuous generalities
- unobjectionable behavior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: innocuous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English objection Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English objectionable English unobjectionable From un- + objectionable.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: приемлив (priemliv) — Translations
- Finnish: hyväksyttävä — Translations
- Finnish: moitteeton — Translations
- Finnish: ei paheksuttava — Translations