exceptionable

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ex·cep·tion·a·ble (

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adj.

Open or liable to objection or debate; objectionable or debatable.

ex·ception·a·bili·ty n.

ex·ception·a·bly adv.

Usage Note: Exceptionable and exceptional are not interchangeable. Only exceptionable means "objectionable" or "debatable"; exceptional means "uncommon" or "extraordinary."

exceptionable [ɪkˈsɛpʃənəb^əl]

adj

open to or subject to objection; objectionable

exceptionableness n

exceptionably adv

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Adj.

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"

Translations

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

exceptionable

adj (form)

(= arguable) → anfechtbar, bestreitbar

(= objectionable) → anstößig

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exceptional exceptionally objectionable			But if such an hypothesis be indeed exceptionable, there were still additional considerations which, though not so strictly according with the wildness of his ruling passion, yet were by no means incapable of swaying him. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context He certainly was to blame occasionally for the asperity of his manners, and the arbitrary nature of his measures, yet much that is exceptionable in this part of his conduct may be traced to rigid notions of duty acquired in that tyrannical school, a ship of war, and to the construction given by his companions to the orders of Mr. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context This exceptionable principle may, as truly as emphatically, be styled the parent of anarchy: It has been seen that delinquencies in the members of the Union are its natural and necessary offspring; and that whenever they happen, the only constitutional remedy is force, and the immediate effect of the use of it, civil war. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context			Excecate excecation Excedent exceed Exceedable exceedance Exceeder exceeding exceedingly excel excel at excellence Excellency excellent excellently excelsior Excentral Excentric Excentricity except Exceptant excepted excepting exception exception error exceptionable exceptional exceptional transport exceptionalism exceptionally Exceptioner Exceptionless Exceptious exceptive Exceptless Exceptor Excerebration Excerebrose Excern Excernent Excerp excerpt Excerption Excerptive Excerptor excess excess baggage excess demand excess fare excess luggage excess property			Exception Handling Routine exception in deed exception in favor of Exception List Exception Management Application Block Exception Management System Exception Notice exception report Exception Report Collection Process exception reporting Exception Reporting and Alarm Distribution Exception safety Exception Time Accounting exception to a pleading Exception to Incremental Funding Exception To National Disclosure Policy Exception to Policy Exception to the Rule Exception Vector Prefix Register Exception(computing) exception-item encoding exception-principle system Exception-safe exceptionability exceptionability exceptionable exceptionably exceptionably exceptional exceptional Exceptional Case Marking Exceptional Case Study Project exceptional child exceptional child exceptional child exceptional child exceptional child Exceptional Child Education Exceptional Child Education Resources Exceptional Children Exceptional Children's Assistance Center Exceptional Children's Education Act Exceptional Circumstance Exceptional Circumstances Interest Rate Subsidies Exceptional Circumstances Relief Payment Exceptional Contribution Award Program Exceptional Customer Service Exceptional Education Quarterly Exceptional Family Member Program Exceptional Family Member Program Officer Exceptional Family Resource Center Exceptional Family Transitional Training Exceptional Financial Need scholarship Exceptional group Exceptional Human Experience Exceptional Human Experience Network

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