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• s  not adequate to give satisfaction
  the coach told his players that defeat was unacceptable
• a  not acceptable; not welcome
  a word unacceptable in polite society
  an unacceptable violation of personal freedom
• s  used of persons or their behavior
• s  not conforming to standard usage; `You can access your cash at any of 300 automatic tellers'"
  the following use of `access' was judged unacceptable by a panel of linguists

• The truncated training the rush to get underprepared troops to the war zone "is absolutely unacceptable," says Representative John Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat and .
• Out went Kefauver (unacceptable in the South), Russell (unacceptable in the North), Barkley (too old), Oklahoma's Mike Monroney (not well known enough).
• They insist that Raul, even if he does open Cuba's threadbare economy, is every bit the unacceptable tyrant Fidel is someone who promises more of the autocratic status quo than .

• impossible
• insufferable
• unsufferable
• unaccepted

• acceptable

News & Articles

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• Libya: Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants held indefinitely in deplorable conditions
  A new briefing highlights the unacceptable treatment of thousands of foreign nationals in detention facilities in Libya. June 19, 2013 International The Libyan authorities must act immediately to end the indefinite detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, including children, solely for immigration purposes, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today, 20 June 2013 ...
  June 20, 2013 - Amnesty International
• Moscow rebuffs Obama nuclear arms proposal
  MOSCOW, June 20 (UPI) -- Moscow rebuffed President Obama's call for steep nuclear weapons reductions, with a Defense Ministry adviser calling the proposal "absolutely unacceptable."
  June 20, 2013 - UPI
• Alfonso Soriano calls Carlos Marmol's performance "unacceptable"
  When we have a 99 (percent) chance to win the game, it's very tough the last inning. Three outs left and we lost the game. It's unacceptable, especially when we're winning 3-0 and ( Matt ) Garza's pitching a very good game. http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sbnation/SBNation_20130617_Alfonso_Soriano_calls_Carlos_Marmol_s_performance__unacceptable_.html Philly.com 2013-06-17 18:21:00 yboss 52832 gas line 88448 52832 Gas line explosion rattles Washington Parish A pre-dawn gas line explosion shook residents out of their beds in a rural, wooded area of Washington Parish, briefly knocking out power to thousands of people but not injuring anybody. http://picayuneitem.com/local/x182743122/Gas-line-explosion-rattles-Washington-Parish The Picayune Item 2013-06-19 12:12:08 yboss 52832 gas line 88449 52832 Gas line explosion rocks Louisiana town, sends residents packing An early morning gas line explosion on Tuesday sent residents of one Louisiana community packing, as emergency responders rushed to extinguish the flames and contain the fire. We've evacuated around 55 people," said one emergency responder, in a WWL-TV report. "There have been no fatalities; no one died. There's no ...
  June 18, 2013 - The Washington Times

Quotes

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• Jon S Corzine in التيار الوطني
  In a statement, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine said: "Any corruption is unacceptable -- anywhere, anytime, by anybody. The scale of corruption we're seeing as this unfolds is simply outrageous and cannot be tolerated."
• Mark Thompson in guardian.co.uk
  In a statement, Thompson said: "I would like to add my own personal and unreserved apology to Andrew Sachs, his family and to licence fee payers for the completely unacceptable broadcast on BBC Radio 2. BBC audiences accept that, in comedy,...
• Nicolas Sarkozy in New York Times
  Earlier in the day, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France warned the General Assembly that allowing Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons would be an "unacceptable risk to stability in the region and in the world."