MEANING
Acceptable without a clear reason for criticism or opposition.
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- unobjectionable proposal
- unobjectionable wording
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The wording was unobjectionable, but it did not address the difficult question.
She offered an unobjectionable suggestion that neither faction particularly welcomed.
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- unobjectionable
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Ordinarily non-gradable in the stated categorical sense; compare degree only where the context genuinely permits it. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, interpretation, contrast, characterization. Disciplines: prose writing, literary analysis, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.
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