unobjectionable

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adjective

Not objectionable; not causing any objection.

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Meanings

adjectiveunobjectionable (comparative more unobjectionable, superlative most unobjectionable)

comparative more unobjectionable · superlative most unobjectionable

  1. 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

    Antonyms: objectionable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot objectionable; not causing any objection.

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers

adjectivenot causing disapproval

adjectivenot objectionable

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishobjection
  9. Englishobjectionable
  10. Englishunobjectionable

From un- + objectionable.

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Translations

Bulgarian приемлив
  • приемлив (priemliv)Translations
Finnish hyväksyttävä, moitteeton
  • hyväksyttäväTranslations
  • moitteetonTranslations
  • ei paheksuttavaTranslations
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APA

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MLA

“unobjectionable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unobjectionable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unobjectionable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unobjectionable.

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