exceptionable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of exceptionable
Explanation
If something is exceptionable, someone is bound to find something wrong with it. Be careful not to confuse exceptionable with exceptional, which means something remarkable and particularly unusual, or with unexceptionable, which means the exact opposite of exceptionable — something quite ordinary and hardly to be noticed. "Puppies are cute" is about as unexceptionable a sentence as you are likely to find. Unless you're a puppy hater, of course.
Vocabulary lists containing exceptionable
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Example Sentences
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Exceptionable as it may be, and as I think it is in some particulars, it seems the natural, perhaps necessary, result of the measures we have taken and the situation we are in.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
Exceptionable, however, as it is, it will be employed.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Exceptionable or not, they have not been able to supply its place with one that is more convenient in practice.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
Exceptionable, Exceptional "He enjoyed exceptionable opportunities for acquiring the Greek language."
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
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