unacceptability

Examples

• All

• The political unacceptability or unpopularity of an opinion does not mean that its proponent is less influential than those whose views are more readily accepted.

  Academic text (1998)

• A positive correlation between the disruptive behavioral patterns of special education students and their unacceptability to regular education students would indicate support for this hypothesis.

  Academic text (1996)

• Win! This comment, while negative, sent a strong message to the author about the unacceptability of plagiarism.

  Academic text (2013)

• Another possibility is that the social unacceptability of substance use may create a desire to avoid social contact in those who actively use other drugs.

  Blog text (31)

• Rime implies that the unacceptability of interracial marriage compounds the virginity ideal.

  Academic text (2006)

• The unacceptability of smoking comes from further punitive measures directed at those who smoke, i.e., pushing the bigotry bandwagon further out of control.

  Blog text (15)

• In 1859, the British governor, Thomas Gore Brown, had to face up to the unacceptability of the Bible as the symbol of Christianity in the eyes of Catholics.

  Academic text (2018)

• Given the unacceptability of the most effective demographic policies (such as forced population transfers, genocide, and the like), methods for eliminating the demographic struggle for power must be found that harm no one while making the total population better off.

  Academic text (2002)

• In turn, current readings of the veil in Europe have migrated back to a country such as Turkey and have been used in judicial decisions confirming the unacceptability of veiled women in such state institutions as state universities, courts, and the parliament.

  Academic text (2006)

• Yet in learning of Omar's unacceptability as a communist atheist from a different socioeconomic class, Rime comes to terms with the heterogeneity of Arab cultural identity.

  Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

I

inappropriateness

vsunacceptability

4 7.0

Not being suitable for a situation or place

is about not meeting approved standards rather than simple unsuitability

U

unsuitability

vsunacceptability

1 5.5

A state in which something is not right for a particular use or situation

is a broader failure to meet approved standards rather than narrow lack of fit

U

unacceptableness

vsunacceptability

8.0

A state when something is not good enough for rules or standards

is the alternate noun form with identical meaning

D

disconformity

vsunacceptability

9.0

Not following usual rules or accepted practices

is the general quality of failing to meet approved standards rather than rule breach

N

nonconformance

vsunacceptability

• Specialized

8.1

Failure to follow accepted rules, standards, or requirements

is about failing to meet approved standards rather than only the act

U

unconformity

vsunacceptability

9.3

A way of behaving that does not follow accepted customs or usual standards

is the wider quality of not meeting approved standards beyond customs

U

unacceptance

vsunacceptability

7.5

A feeling of not being welcomed or not agreeing

is the overall quality of failing to meet approved standards rather than personal rejection

N

nonattainment

vsunacceptability

• Formal

8.1

Not meeting official air quality standards

is the broader quality of not meeting approved standards beyond specific regulatory cases

N

nonstandardness

vsunacceptability

7.9

The state of not following usual rules or expected ways

is the general judgment of failing approved standards rather than mere atypical form

U

unsuitableness

vsunacceptability

7.4

The state of not being right for a use or situation

is the wider assessment of failing approved standards rather than narrow misfit

I

inappositeness

vsunacceptability

9.9

The state of not being suitable for a situation or purpose

is concerned with failing approved standards rather than mere lack of fit

U

unsatisfactoriness

vsunacceptability

8.2

A situation where something is not good enough

is focused on failing approved standards rather than only disappointing quality

U

unbecomingness

vsunacceptability

• Formal

9.1

The quality of being inappropriate in behavior or appearance

is the general failure to meet approved standards rather than mere poor appearance

U

unpalatability

vsunacceptability

9.2

An idea or decision that is hard to accept

is the objective quality of failing approved standards rather than subjective dislike

U

unpalatableness

vsunacceptability

9.9

A quality of being hard to accept in your mind or feelings

is the broader failure to meet approved standards rather than only emotional rejection

U

undesirability

vsunacceptability

6.6

A situation where something is not wanted and should be avoided

is the formal judgment of failing approved standards rather than mere lack of want

Antonyms

A

acceptability

5 4.8

How much people think something is good enough

How Acceptable

endorsement

161 3.6

approval

220 1.0

acceptability

5 4.8

questionability

7.5

unacceptability

1 7.1

rejection

180 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology