Unacceptable vs Disagreeable - What's the difference?
unacceptable | disagreeable | Related terms |
unsatisfactory; not acceptable
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(linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
Something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
* 1855 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
As adjectives the difference between unacceptable and disagreeable
is that unacceptable is unsatisfactory; not acceptable while disagreeable is not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.As a noun disagreeable is
something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.unacceptable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage="This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it is unacceptable that training in dementia care is not the norm."}}
Synonyms
* inacceptable (less common)Antonyms
* acceptabledisagreeable
English
(Webster 1913)Adjective
(en adjective)- (rfdate) Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and teach nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. --Udall.
- (rfdate) That which is disagreeable''' to one is many times agreeable to another, or '''disagreeable in a less degree. --Wollaston.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "disagreeable" is often applied: odor, smell, taste, sensation, thing, person, man, woman, duty, work, feeling, manner, experience, effect, feature, business, surprise, job.Antonyms
* agreeableNoun
(en noun)- The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.