nonabhorrent

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adjective

Not abhorrent; acceptable.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivenonabhorrent (comparative more nonabhorrent, superlative most nonabhorrent)

comparative more nonabhorrent · superlative most nonabhorrent

  1. Not abhorrent; acceptable.

    If its essence is "to turn away from—" then nonabhorrent character prompts a turning-toward.

    1997, Michael Gelven, The Risk of Being: What it Means to be Good and Bad, page 37
    2 more examples

    According to his book, he's had over 4,600 sexual partners, which he sees as a totally natural and a completely nonabhorrent way to behave.

    2011, Scott Sherman, Bad for the Jews, page 130

    The very futility of thinking up a nonabhorrent system of insignia in a free country may emphasize the great difficulty police have in exercising judgment where no single cue is very certain.

    2012, William K. Muir, Police: Streetcorner Politicians, page 158

Origin

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