Antonyms for acceptable
ækˈsɛp tə bəlac·cept·able

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1. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

2. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

3. acceptableadjective

   Antonyms:
   unacceptable, inacceptable

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1. acceptable

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

   Synonyms:
   agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, gratifying, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

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1. acceptable

   Antonyms:
   ungrateful, unwelcome, disagreeable, unpleasant

   Synonyms:
   grateful, pleasant, welcome, agreeable, pleasure, seasonable, gratifying

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1. • Linguistics

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. acceptableadjective

   worthy of acceptance or satisfactory

   "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent"

   Antonyms:
   bad, exceptionable, unfit, objectionable, nonstandard, unacceptable

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

2. acceptableadjective

   judged to be in conformity with approved usage

   "acceptable English usage"

   Antonyms:
   exceptionable, bad, unfit, nonstandard, objectionable, unacceptable

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

3. satisfactory, acceptableadjective

   meeting requirements

   "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

   Antonyms:
   bad, unfit, unacceptable, exceptionable, objectionable, nonstandard

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

4. acceptableadjective

   adequate for the purpose

   "the water was acceptable for drinking"

   Antonyms:
   unfit, bad, objectionable, nonstandard, exceptionable, unacceptable

   Synonyms:
   satisfactory

How to use acceptable in a sentence?

1. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Foundation:

   They would say, number one, that this is a tool for fighting jihad, and that therefore it's acceptable, and secondly they would point out that the goal here is not to get high.

2. Ethiopian Water Minister Sileshi Bekele:

   We didn't agree on the filling of the dam as Egypt presented a new proposal requesting the filling to be carried out in 12-21 years. This is not acceptable. We will start the filling of the dam by July.

3. Barry Mano:

   But violating our personal space is just simply not acceptable. What we saw in this video is just so beyond the pale it’s astonishing when you see it. Everybody in our industry saw that video and said, ‘ Okay, that’s enough. ’ There’s no way anything like this does n’t have a commensurate consequence. with this one, because the video is there for the world to see, that’s why we’re experiencing this cry for some sort of resolution.

4. Jody Herman:

   The policy environment is changing for sure, the way anti-discrimination laws are being interpreted is moving in the direction of saying that exclusions to trans-related healthcare are not acceptable.

5. Latin Proverb:

   Hay is more acceptable to an ass than gold.

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