exceptionable

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈsep.ʃən.ə.bəl/ UK /ɪkˈsep.ʃən.ə.bəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #579418

Meanings

1

adj
open to objection or criticism; offensive, unacceptable, or otherwise liable to disapproval (formal)

The committee removed the most exceptionable passage before publication.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · open to objection or... objectionable offensive unacceptable censurable

More reprehensible

Opposites

acceptable unobjectionable inoffensive

Word family

Derived forms exceptionablyexceptionableness

Related forms exception objection objectionable exceptional

Etymology

From exception + -able, using exception in its older sense 'objection' rather than today's usual sense 'case outside a rule.' Exception came through Old French from Latin exceptio, from excipere ('take out, except'). This history explains why exceptionable means objectionable, not exceptional.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# exceptionable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈsep.ʃən.ə.bəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈsep.ʃən.ə.bəl/
**Frequency rank:** 579418

## Meanings
1. open to objection or criticism; offensive, unacceptable, or otherwise liable to disapproval (formal)

## Examples
- The committee removed the most exceptionable passage before publication.

## Synonyms
- objectionable
- offensive
- unacceptable
- censurable
- reprehensible

## Antonyms
- acceptable
- unobjectionable
- inoffensive

## Derived Forms
- exceptionably
- exceptionableness

## Related Forms
- exception
- objection
- objectionable
- exceptional

## Etymology
From exception + -able, using exception in its older sense 'objection' rather than today's usual sense 'case outside a rule.' Exception came through Old French from Latin exceptio, from excipere ('take out, except'). This history explains why exceptionable means objectionable, not exceptional.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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