unacceptable

/ ˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbəl /

adjective

1. not satisfactory; inadequate

   the standard was wholly unacceptable

2. intolerable

   hitting children is unacceptable

Example Sentences

A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson told the BBC it was "determined to tackle the unacceptable rise in food bank dependence".

From BBC

"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE," McLaughlin added.

From BBC

Mr Ahluwalia described Ms Kaur's treatment in an Instagram video as "unacceptable", saying she spent 60-70 hours in detention without a bed, forced to sleep on the floor despite double knee replacements.

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Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, echoed the president's call for an official probe, saying the incidents were "unacceptable".

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Because she had grown up speaking French, Arabic, and her parents' Sicilian dialect, her accent was seen as unacceptable, and her voice was dubbed by other Italian actors.

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Related Words

• distasteful 
• improper 
• inadmissible 
• objectionable 
• offensive 
• repugnant 
• undesirable 
• unsatisfactory