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UNACCEPTABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards
Synonyms:
unacceptability; unacceptableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("unacceptability" is a kind of...):
unsatisfactoriness (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unacceptability"):
inadmissibility (unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible)
errancy ((Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility)
Antonym:
acceptability (satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards)
Derivation:
unacceptable (not acceptable; not welcome)
unacceptable ((used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable)
