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Unacceptable vs Disagreeable - What's the difference?

unacceptable | disagreeable | Related terms |

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)
  • unsatisfactory; not acceptable
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 16 , author=Denis Campbell , title=Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients' , work=Guardian 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."}}
  • (linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
  • Synonyms

    * inacceptable (less common)

    Antonyms

    * acceptable

    disagreeable

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
  • (rfdate) Preach you truly the doctrine which you have received, and teach nothing that is disagreeable thereunto. --Udall.
  • Exciting repugnance; offensive to the feelings or senses; displeasing; unpleasant.
  • (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

    * agreeable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something displeasing; anything that is disagreeable.
  • * 1855 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
  • The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.