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Answer for the clue "Socially unacceptable ", 5 letters:
non-u

Word definitions for non-u in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
non-U \non-U"\ (n[o^]n*[=u]"), adj. Not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use. [Chiefly British] [Narrower terms: lower-class (vs. middle-class) (vs. upper-class), low-class ] Syn: vulgar.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. not characteristic of the upper classes especially in language use

Usage examples of non-u.

Helen Steeply was taken by female prorector Thierry Poutrincourt, freshly showered, long-faced, a non-U.

I think it was something to do with working her way around the Solar System on a cut-price non-U grand tour: laboring as a courtesy masseuse in Japan and a topiarist on Ceres while saving up the price of her next interplanetary jaunt.