exceptionable

[ik-sep-shuh-nuh-buhl]

adjective

1. liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

exceptionable

/ ɪkˈsɛpʃənəbəl /

adjective

1. open to or subject to objection; objectionable

Other Word Forms

• exceptionably adverb
• exceptionableness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exceptionable¹

First recorded in 1655–65; exception + -able

Example Sentences

Brooks will be available in relief and has shown exceptionable athleticism.

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There should be room in today’s vast television landscape for a series that points out the exceptionable.

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The terms used seems to be justly exceptionable.

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Few young men can consistently wear diamonds, and they are, if not positively exceptionable, in no degree requisite to the completion of the most elaborate toilette.

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But we are become so particular about the etymological force of newly coined words, that we can never please ourselves, but rather choose to do without than to tolerate anything exceptionable.

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