Definition of unacceptably in English:
unacceptably
adverbˌʌnəkˈsɛptəbliˌənəkˈsɛptəbli
In a manner that is not satisfactory or allowable.
stop the bus if anyone is behaving unacceptably
as submodifier waiting lists are unacceptably long
Example sentencesExamples
- Attempts to increase depth of field by stopping down the aperture resulted in the projected image becoming unacceptably dim.
- Naturally, rhyming slang was adopted by anyone who wanted to introduce a few salty phrases into the conversation, without being unacceptably offensive.
- The situation is only today finally being recognized as unacceptably burdensome.
- Now of course, an animal rights person probably believes that the horse and the hounds suffer unacceptably, along with their quarry.
- Where modeling and analysis slow things down unacceptably, intuition and improvisation must prevail.
Definition of unacceptably in US English:
unacceptably
adverbˌənəkˈsɛptəbliˌənəkˈseptəblē
In a manner that is not satisfactory or allowable.
stop the bus if anyone is behaving unacceptably
as submodifier waiting lists are unacceptably long
Example sentencesExamples
- Where modeling and analysis slow things down unacceptably, intuition and improvisation must prevail.
- Now of course, an animal rights person probably believes that the horse and the hounds suffer unacceptably, along with their quarry.
- The situation is only today finally being recognized as unacceptably burdensome.
- Naturally, rhyming slang was adopted by anyone who wanted to introduce a few salty phrases into the conversation, without being unacceptably offensive.
- Attempts to increase depth of field by stopping down the aperture resulted in the projected image becoming unacceptably dim.