The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unacceptable \Un`ac*cept"a*ble\, a. Not acceptable; not pleasing; not welcome; unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; offensive. -- Un`ac*cept"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`ac*cept"a*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
adv. Not within the limits of what is generally considered to be acceptable.
WordNet
adv. to an unacceptable degree; "The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high" [syn: intolerably] [ant: acceptably, acceptably]
Usage examples of "unacceptably".
Shasa had lent him Macaulay's History of England, and when Moses Gama was fired from the H'am Mine on the instigation of Centaine Courtney as a direct result of the unacceptably intimate friendly relationship between them, Shasa had asked him to keep the book.
Unfortunately, as McGinley had just implied, her understrength squadron kicked the numbers to deploy multiple units ahead without unacceptably weakening the close-in escort.
Unfortunately, as McGinley had just implied, her understrength squadron lacked the numbers to deploy multiple units ahead without unacceptably weakening the close-in escort.