🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Inaceptable

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inaθepˈtable

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unacceptable/ˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbl/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Ese comportamiento es inaceptable."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not able to be accepted or tolerated.

    "The behavior displayed during the meeting was deemed unacceptable by the management."
  2. 2

    Not meeting the required standards.

    "The quality of the product was unacceptable for our customers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'unacceptable' is derived from the prefix 'un-' meaning 'not' and the root 'acceptable', which comes from the Latin 'acceptabilis', meaning 'worthy of acceptance'. The term evolved in the English language during the late 19th century to describe something that cannot be accepted or tolerated.

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