exceptionable

ex·cep·tion·a·ble

 (ĭk-sĕp′shə-nə-bəl)

adj.

Open or liable to objection or disapproval: "We can't have perfection ... I must sustain his administration as a whole, even if there are ... things that are exceptionable" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

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ex·cep′tion·a·bil′i·ty n.

ex·cep′tion·a·bly adv.

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exceptionable

(ɪkˈsɛpʃənəbəl)

adj

open to or subject to objection; objectionable

exˈceptionableness n

exˈceptionably adv

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ex•cep•tion•a•ble

(ɪkˈsɛp ʃə nə bəl)

adj.

liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

[1655–65]

ex•cep′tion•a•bly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

exceptionable - liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; "a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing"; "found the politician's views objectionable" objectionable unacceptable - not acceptable; not welcome; "a word unacceptable in polite society"; "an unacceptable violation of personal freedom"

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exceptionable

adjective

1. Arousing disapproval:

ill-favored, inadmissible, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome.

2. In doubt or dispute:

arguable, contested, debatable, disputable, doubtful, moot, mootable, problematic, problematical, questionable, uncertain.

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Translations

criticabile

exceptionable

[ɪkˈsepʃənəbl] ADJ [conduct] → censurable, objetable; [proposal] → impugnable, refutable

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exceptionable

adj (form)

(= arguable) → anfechtbar, bestreitbar

(= objectionable) → anstößig

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