unacceptable

adj
/ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/UK/ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩/US

Etymology

From Middle English unacceptabylle, equivalent to un- + acceptable.

  1. inherited from unacceptabylle

Definitions

  1. Unsatisfactory

    Unsatisfactory; not acceptable.

  2. Not conforming to accepted usage.

  3. Something that is not acceptable.

    • Second, the data collected using CASEMAP afford us the opportunity to conduct market segmentation analyses based on the similarity in the pattern of unacceptables and/or the benefits that consumers seek in the category.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at unacceptable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01unacceptable02unsatisfactory03inadequate04insufficient05needed06need07requirement

A definitional loop anchored at unacceptable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at unacceptable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA