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Answer for the clue "Unacceptable act ", 5 letters:
no-no

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Word definitions for no-no in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Handwritten signs in the restaurant are a no-no . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A word of warning, though-counters are generally considered a design no-no . ▪ And crying for me was a big no-no in business life. ▪ Apparently, ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1942, from reduplication of no .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
No-no , No-No or no-no may refer to: No-hitter , also called a no-no, a baseball game in which a team was not able to record a single hit Elastic No-No Band , a musical group based in New York City's anti-folk scene, active from 2004–2011 No-No's (Leftovers ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
no-no \no"-no\, n. Something improper, unethical, inadvisable, or illegal; as, salt is a no-no for someone after a heart attack. [informal]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context colloquial often childish English) Something that is forbidden, prohibited, discouraged or taboo. 2 (context baseball colloquial English) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.

Usage examples of no-no.

Forced disconnections in burndives were an absolute no-no, especially if you had implants.

I think at one point there were nurses from the Air Force who flew in with the helicopters to get the wounded out, which was a no-no.

He told Brytanni that he couldn't possibly have his aura fluffed until he'd gotten his chakras aligned, and doing both in close succession was almost as big a no-no as going swimming less than half an hour after eating.

Oops, grepping other people's files is a no-no, forget I ever suggested it.

Oops, grepping other people's files is a no-no, forget I ever suggested it.

Sometime during the years when they were all busy learning to shave, to drive, to smoke, to fuck around a little, all that good shit, the Environmental Protection Agency had come into being, and the EPA had decided dumping raw sewage - and even gray water - into rivers and streams was a no-no.

Not a rock body I'd sayso the idea of a hollowed-out asteroid is a no-no.