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- adjective Not
accepted ;unacceptable .
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- adjective not conforming to standard usage
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Examples
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Wounding problems generate frustration and hurt, they get worse over time, and they lead to feeling unloved, unaccepted, and misunderstood.
Christine Carter, PhD: Should You Stay or Should You Go? PhD Christine Carter 2011
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My apologies to you CNN moderators, in the interest of having my comment posted and my voice heard, allow me to rephrase my previous unaccepted comment: What an evil Rethugpigliklan, we should throw him and his redneck family in jail.
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Common grew up where homosexuality was unaccepted, but after gay fans told him how their lyrics affected him, he stopped.
Shira Lazar: Common on White House Controversy: It Was the Highest and Lowest Moment of My Life Shira Lazar 2011
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Since the site launched in mid-September, hundreds of people have uploaded their own videos about overcoming the difficulties of growing up feeling unaccepted by their peers, including Ellen DeGeneres, Eve and Sarah Silverman.
Make It Better: Celebrities & Activists Rally Against Gay Bullying Victoria Fine 2010
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I've wondered often over the past couple of weeks about the effect that might have had on the psyche of the gay members of that classroom; forced every day to enter a hostile environment in which they felt socially isolated, and unaccepted.
Zachary Stockill: Combating Homophobia in the Classroom Zachary Stockill 2010
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The problem is that Israel claims “undivided Jerusalem” as its capital, and that is an extraordinarily contentious claim, unaccepted by virtually everyone except for Israel.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Strange Thing About the Controversy Over Jerusalem 2010
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Wounding problems generate frustration and hurt, they get worse over time, and they lead to feeling unloved, unaccepted, and misunderstood.
Christine Carter, PhD: Should You Stay or Should You Go? PhD Christine Carter 2011
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I've wondered often over the past couple of weeks about the effect that might have had on the psyche of the gay members of that classroom; forced every day to enter a hostile environment in which they felt socially isolated, and unaccepted.
Zachary Stockill: Combating Homophobia in the Classroom Zachary Stockill 2010
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An apologetic phone call from Barack Obama and a new (and still unaccepted) job offer from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack should help end the media ...
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An apologetic phone call from Barack Obama and a new (and still unaccepted) job offer from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack should help end the media frenzy over the grotesquely unfair firing of Shirley Sherrod.
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