unacceptable

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  1. adjective Not acceptable; unsatisfactory.

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  • If you feel better (and your conscience brings you peace) by accepting the ILLUSION that ISLAMIC COUNTRIES are idyllic places with an ideal culture / philosophy (despite the appalling treatment of females, atheists, communists, liberals, homosexuals, and / or any group your culture considers "unacceptable" - and therefore are places with restriction & abuse to be found everywhere), you may as well stick you head in a hole and refuse to acknowledge REALITY. —  Home
  • EU to intervene in gas row if no deal reached [ID: nPRA002298] > Europe gas imports disruption "unacceptable" - IEA [ID: nL7573763] > —  Top Stories - Google News
  • That kind of performance is considered unacceptable -- both to the team's demanding, expressive fans and its impatient, impulsive ownership.
  • Declaring Brynwood's terms unacceptable, the workers set up a 24-hour picket line outside the factory gates at 237th Street and Broadway that by their own account better resembled a neighborhood party than a scene of dissent. —  Colorado Independent Media Center
  • "Misuse of craigslist to facilitate criminal activity is unacceptable, and we continue to work diligently to prevent it," she said. —  CNN.com
 

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/ənækˈsɛptəbl/
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