exceptionable

[ ik-sep-shuh-nuh-buh l ]

/ ɪkˈsɛp ʃə nə bəl /

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adjective

liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

Origin of exceptionable

First recorded in 1655–65; exception + -able

OTHER WORDS FROM exceptionable

ex·cep·tion·a·ble·ness, noun ex·cep·tion·a·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH exceptionable

exceptionable exceptional

Words nearby exceptionable

except, except for, excepting, exception, exception proves the rule, the, exceptionable, exceptional, exceptionalism, exceptive, excerpt, excerpta

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The Latin substitution of the combination th for the simple single θ, was exceptionable.

A Handbook of the English Language |Robert Gordon Latham
Even the least exceptionable historic abridgments require the corrections of a patient parent.

Practical Education, Volume I |Maria Edgeworth
Yet the example here given is by no means the most exceptionable for the number of authorities cited.

Noah Webster |Horace E. Scudder
If there were one exceptionable page in a book, otherwise valuable, instead of suppressing the page, she suppressed the book.

Coelebs In Search of a Wife |Hannah More

A critic, though not very ſevere, will diſcover many faults of ſtyle, even where the matter may not be exceptionable.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete |An English Lady

British Dictionary definitions for exceptionable

exceptionable

/ (ɪkˈsɛpʃənəbəl) /

adjective

open to or subject to objection; objectionable

Derived forms of exceptionable

exceptionableness, noun exceptionably, adverb

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