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unacceptability en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English unacceptable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English unacceptability From unacceptable + -ity.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The property of being unacceptable.
    • Both of these relative clauses are grammatical on their own. It is just the combination that leads to unacceptability. 2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Preliminaries: Components of Language Structure” (chapter 2), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 26:

Forms

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unacceptabilities Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (11)

hi अस्वीकार्यता (property of being unacceptable) · it inaccettabilità (property of being unacceptable) · ro inacceptabilitate (property of being unacceptable) · fr inacceptabilité (property of being unacceptable) · ru неприе́млемость (property of being unacceptable) · ca inacceptabilitat (property of being unacceptable) · es inaceptabilidad (property of being unacceptable) · pl nieakceptowalność (property of being unacceptable) · ro neacceptabilitate (property of being unacceptable) · uk неприйня́тність (property of being unacceptable) · hu elfogadhatatlanság (property of being unacceptable)