Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Beyond any reasonable objection; irreproachable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; hence, excellent; admirable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not liable to any exception or objection; unobjectionable; faultless; good; excellent.
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- adjective Beyond
reproach ;unimpeachable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach
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Examples
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During the latter part of the term his conduct had not been by any means "unexceptionable"; but it was part of Gabrielle's queer policy of secrecy to hide any lapse on Arthur's part from her husband.
The Tragic Bride Francis Brett Young 1919
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When you recall what most civilized climates are like, "unexceptionable," that cold and formal word, may well take your breath away.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915
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Timothy (though not having the name) exercised the power at Ephesus then, which bishops in the modern sense more recently exercised. blameless -- "unexceptionable"; giving no just handle for blame. husband of one wife -- confuting the celibacy of Rome's priesthood.
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… While we find no reliable data to measure the phenomenon, it seems unexceptionable to conclude some women come to regret their choice to abort the infant life they once created and sustained.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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It is an observation, unexceptionable today, that fiscal policy affects the economy.
The Civility Plea, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It is an observation, unexceptionable today, that fiscal policy affects the economy.
The Civility Plea, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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For its part, instead of an honest effort to give the country an independent anticorruption czar—an unexceptionable goal in itself, if only a partial solution to the problem—the government has raised extraneous issues such as caste and religious quotas in the proposed new body.
Delhi's Year of Drama and Stasis Sadanand Dhume 2011
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But as a RULE OF THUMB, the dictum is perfectly unexceptionable and modestly useful.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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Yet later he admitted quantum mechanics doesn't contain any logical contradictions and is logically unexceptionable.
Robert Lanza, M.D.: Could This Theory Provide A Glimpse Of Our Ultimate Destiny? M.D. Robert Lanza 2011
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I said as much in my first comment on the matter, which I considered unexceptionable.
The Budget Debate, VI, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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