Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.əkˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, [ˌɐn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bɫ̩], [ˌɐn.əkˈsɛp.tə.bɫ̩]
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, /ˌʌn.əkˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/, [ˌɐn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bɫ̩], [ˌɐn.ɪ̞kˈsɛp.tə.bɫ̩]
Adjective
unacceptable (comparative more unacceptable, superlative most unacceptable)
- unsatisfactory; not acceptable
2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:"This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."
2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38:The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created to own not just the railways, but also London Underground, docks, inland waterways, and some road haulage activities. Its remit was to operate on a break-even basis, with sustained losses unacceptable.
- (linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
Translations
unsatisfactory; not acceptable
- Armenian: անընդունելի (hy) (anənduneli)
- Azerbaijani: qəbuledilməz
- Belarusian: непрыма́льны (njeprymálʹny), недапушча́льны (njedapuščálʹny)
- Bulgarian: неприе́млив (bg) (nepriémliv)
- Catalan: inacceptable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 冇得接受 (mou5 dak1 zip3 sau6)
- Mandarin: 無可接受/无可接受 (wúkě jiēshòu)
- Czech: nepřijatelný (cs)
- Danish: uacceptabel, utilstedelig (da)
- Dutch: onaanvaardbaar (nl), onacceptabel (nl), ontoelaatbaar (nl)
- Esperanto: malakceptebla
- Finnish: hyväksymiskelvoton, mahdoton hyväksyä
- French: inacceptable (fr)
- Georgian: დაუშვებელი (daušvebeli)
- German: inakzeptabel (de)
- Greek: απαράδεκτος (el) (aparádektos)
- Ancient: ἀπαράδεκτος (aparádektos)
- Hungarian: elfogadhatatlan (hu)
- Italian: inaccettabile (it), inammissibile (it), intollerabile (it), ingiustificabile (it)
- Japanese: 容認できない (ようにんできない, yōnin dekinai)
- Marathi: अस्वीकार्य (asvīkārya)
- Polish: niedopuszczalny (pl), nieakceptowalny (pl)
- Portuguese: inaceitável (pt)
- Romanian: neacceptabil (ro), inacceptabil (ro), nesatisfăcător (ro)
- Russian: неприе́млемый (ru) (neprijémlemyj), недопусти́мый (ru) (nedopustímyj), непозволи́тельный (ru) (nepozvolítelʹnyj)
- Spanish: inaceptable (es), no ser de recibo
- Swedish: oacceptabel (sv)
- Tagalog: di-katanggap-tanggap
- Tày: bấu fă̱n
- Ukrainian: неприйнятни́й (nepryjnjatnýj), неприпусти́мий (neprypustýmyj), недопусти́мий (nedopustýmyj)
- Vietnamese: không thể chấp nhận
- Welsh: annerbyniol (cy)
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Noun
unacceptable (plural unacceptables)
- Something that is not acceptable.
1989, Walter A. Henry, Michael Menasco, Hirokazu Takada, New-product Development and Testing, page 106:Second, the data collected using CASEMAP afford us the opportunity to conduct market segmentation analyses based on the similarity in the pattern of unacceptables and/or the benefits that consumers seek in the category.