inacceptable

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ acceptable.[1]

Adjective

inacceptable (comparative more inacceptable, superlative most inacceptable)

  1. (now proscribed and nonstandard) Unacceptable. [1]
    • 1657, Joannes Renodæus , translated by Richard Tomlinson, “Of the faculties of Medicaments, and how many sorts there be accordingly”, in A Medicinal Dispensatory, Containing the Whole Body of Physick: , London: Jo Streater and Ja Cottrel, book I (), page 10:
      And there is ſuch an antipathy betwixt our nature and Purgations, that the very ſmell of them is inacceptable; []

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  1. 1.0 1.1 inacceptable, adj.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +‎ acceptable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inacceptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inacceptables)

  1. unacceptable
    Antonym: acceptable

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French

Etymology

From in- +‎ acceptable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inacceptable (plural inacceptables)

  1. unacceptable
    Synonym: inadmissible

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