Definition of Exceptionable

1. Adjective. Liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to. "Found the politician's views objectionable"

Exact synonyms: Objectionable
Similar to: Unacceptable
Derivative terms: Objectionableness

Definition of Exceptionable

1. a. Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

Definition of Exceptionable

1. Adjective. Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exceptionable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exceptionable

excentric
excentric amputation
excentrical
excentricities
excentricity
except
exceptant
excepted
excepting
exceptio beneficium ordinis seu excussionis
exceptio metus
exceptio non numeratae pecuniae
exceptio quod metus causa
exception
exception that proves the rule
exceptionable (current term)
exceptionableness
exceptionably
exceptional
exceptional(a)
exceptional case-marking
exceptional case-markings
exceptional space
exceptional spaces
exceptionalism
exceptionalisms
exceptionalist
exceptionalistic
exceptionalists
exceptionalities

Literary usage of Exceptionable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1807)
"... from Tacitus is exceptionable ; where words that ... equally exceptionable. The fiend look'd up, and knew His mounted ..."

2. The Works of George Berkeley ...: Including His Posthumous Works; with by George Berkeley (1901)
"... that your inferences are no more just than your conceptions are clear, and that your logics are as exceptionable as your metaphysics. ..."

3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... where the Americans were styled rebels, and made so great a disturbance, that the major thought it prudent to omit the exceptionable passage, ..."

4. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834)
"... J find myself under the disagreeable necessity of objecting to the mode of negotiation proposed, while your Lordship's conduct appears so exceptionable. ..."

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