exceptionable

[ik-sep-shuh-nuh-buh l]

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adjective

liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

Origin of exceptionable

First recorded in 1655–65; exception + -able

Related formsex·cep·tion·a·ble·ness, nounex·cep·tion·a·bly, adverb

Can be confusedexceptionable exceptional

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Related Words for exceptionable

disagreeable, intolerable, obnoxious, offensive, unacceptable, undesirable, unpleasant, unwanted, unwelcome, upsetting

Examples from the Web for exceptionable

Historical Examples of exceptionable

The usual declension of the personal pronouns is exceptionable.
A Handbook of the English Language
Robert Gordon Latham
Rask's derivation of the Anglo-Saxon swilc from swa-ylc, is exceptionable.
A Handbook of the English Language
Robert Gordon Latham
How far is, whom do they say that I am, an exceptionable expression?
A Handbook of the English Language
Robert Gordon Latham
What are the exceptionable features of the law, what are the amendments you desire, you refrain from specifying.
A Letter to the Hon. Samuel Eliot, Representative in Congress From the City of Boston, In Reply to His Apology For Voting For the Fugitive Slave Bill.
Hancock
You ask, Who would think you might not read to her the least exceptionable parts of a letter written in my own defence?
Clarissa, Volume 7
Samuel Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for exceptionable

exceptionable

adjective

open to or subject to objection; objectionable

Derived Formsexceptionableness, nounexceptionably, adverb

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Word Origin and History for exceptionable

adj.

1660s, from exception + -able. Related: Exceptionably.