unobjectionable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English objection Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English objectionable English unobjectionable From un- + objectionable.
Meanings
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Not objectionable; not causing any objection.
The line had obvious good qualities. It nowhere involved severe gradients; its curves in Whishaw's phrase were "unobjectionable"; it served an economic need; until the opening of the more direct Dundee-Forfar line, it had no real competitor; it was managed with vigour and honesty.
1953 February, S. G. E. Lythe, “Early Days of the Arbroath & Forfar Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 130:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unobjectionable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unobjectionable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unobjectionableness · unobjectionably
Translations (4)
fi moitteeton (Translations) · bg приемлив (Translations) · fi hyväksyttävä (Translations) · fi ei paheksuttava (Translations)