UNACCEPTABILITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of not conforming to approved standards

Synonyms:

unacceptability; unacceptableness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unacceptability" is a kind of...):

unsatisfactoriness (the quality of being inadequate or unsuitable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unacceptability"):

inadmissibility (unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible)

errancy ((Christianity) holding views that disagree with accepted doctrine; especially disagreement with papal infallibility)

Antonym:

acceptability (satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards)

Derivation:

unacceptable (not acceptable; not welcome)

unacceptable ((used of persons or their behavior) not acceptable or reasonable)