unswallowable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈswɑloʊəbl/
:
inaceptable
- Many found the politician's excuses to be unswallowable and refused to support his campaign.
Examples
-
After hearing the details of the scandal, the community deemed the mayor's explanations unswallowable.
-
Her claim that the project would succeed without sufficient funding was unswallowable for the investors.
-
"That, however, is the height of pedantry, and an unswallowable mouthful at the top of any page not a document: the date in full -- the ninth of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one.
Blog text (30)
Synonyms
108
3.3
A person who is very difficult to deal with
89
5.7
Impossible to imagine or accept as an option
46
7.4
Impossible to imagine or believe
42
4.9
So unpleasant or painful that you cannot bear it
4
6.8
No one can show it is right
3
8.0
Too unpleasant or painful to bear
1
7.4
Too weak to be protected from attack or criticism
1
7.2
Too unpleasant or extreme to bear
So bad or strong that you cannot stand it
Antonyms
How Acceptable
477
2.5
302
2.2
176
3.9
256
3.2
42
4.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
unswallowable = swallowable (semi-transparent) = un + swallow + able
Although the form is un- + swallow + -able, the sense depends on the figurative use of 'swallow' = 'accept,' which may not be obvious to all learners.
Etymology
Unswallowable is built from un- 'not', swallow 'to accept or believe', and -able 'can'. So it means 'not possible to accept or tolerate', like when someone says 'I can't swallow that' about an idea or excuse.