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UNACCEPTABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unacceptableness mean? 

UNACCEPTABLENESS (noun)
  The noun UNACCEPTABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standardsplay

  Familiarity information: UNACCEPTABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNACCEPTABLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

unacceptability; unacceptableness

Hypernyms ("unacceptableness" is a kind of...):

unsatisfactoriness (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unacceptableness"):

inadmissibility (unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible)

errancy ((Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility)

Derivation:

unacceptable (not acceptable; not welcome)

unacceptable (not adequate to give satisfaction)

unacceptable (not conforming to standard usage)

unacceptable ((used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable)


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