as in wrong
falling short of a standard
this work is entirely unacceptable
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Recent Examples of unacceptable
Using one's car as a weapon against another competitor on track is unacceptable, and the 10-second penalty that Verstappen earned as a result dropped him to 10th place at the end, ruining his own race more than anyone else's.
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ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
Absolutely disrespectful … absolutely unacceptable.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
This behavior is unacceptable to Israel and Israelis.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 2 June 2025
The first project yields too many false positives, introducing an unacceptable amount of friction into the consumer experience.
—Shazia Manus, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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ArsTechnica, 2 June 2025
Absolutely disrespectful … absolutely unacceptable.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 June 2025
This behavior is unacceptable to Israel and Israelis.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 2 June 2025
The first project yields too many false positives, introducing an unacceptable amount of friction into the consumer experience.
—Shazia Manus, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unacceptable
Adjective
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And then what happens when taxpayers are given the wrong answer?—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Those looking for salacious and headline-grabbing score-settling, however, have come to entirely the wrong place.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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The risk extends even to children due to increasing rates of childhood obesity and poor dietary habits.20 As a result, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that healthy adults have their lipids checked every four to six years.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
5 June 2025
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Most cited poor digital offerings or a lack of services and products.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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As holidays go, however, Flag Day can feel a bit lame.—
Kevin Fisher-Paulson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 June 2021
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My 11-year-old loved watching the pups roll balls and play a giant floor piano, but for non-dog owners (guilty as charged), parts of the series—like dressing dogs in little hats and outfits for a Parisian fashion show—feel lame.—
Tim Neville,
Outside Online,
23 Nov. 2020
Adjective
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That cartilage injury was worse than expected, and Jiménez could miss all or most of this season rehabbing.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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This person also worried the ripple effect of cutoff dates could make the severe lack of affordable housing even worse.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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Night trains generally were also found to be deficient in bicycle storage space.—
Tanya Mohn,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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This Sun team is simply deficient on both ends of the floor and ranks last in points, rebounds and assists per game.—
Devin Robertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Even with the horrible start the Red Sox still nearly came all the way back, twice drawing to within one run, but the club couldn’t get over the hump.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
3 June 2025
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We were made aware of this horrible activity by Priscilla Olivarez from ILRC, at our annual conference Convening 2025, held in San Antonio.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Even so, some of Lucy’s pronouncements are so truly awful that a blunt snort of laughter is the only response.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Romano moved back into the closer role since the loss of Alvarado, and has alternated awesome and awful performances - his ERA is an unsightly 7.40 to date.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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And these are the same Oilers who, after a terrible 6-1 loss in Game 3 to the Panthers, overcame a three-goal deficit in Game 4 to even the series.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
15 June 2025
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For example, while the IRA rollback effort will inevitably mean a significant reduction in U.S. federal support for electric vehicles, nevertheless the adoption of EVs continued in Q1 even despite a terrible quarter for the U.S.’s leading brand (Tesla).—
Rob Day,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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“Unacceptable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unacceptable. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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