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Unacceptable vs Disgusting - What's the difference?

unacceptable | disgusting | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between unacceptable and disgusting

is that unacceptable is unsatisfactory; not acceptable while disgusting is causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

As a verb disgusting is

present participle of lang=en.

unacceptable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unsatisfactory; not acceptable
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    • , 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

    disgusting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.
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    • Synonyms

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    Verb

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