exceptionable
UK/ik'sepʃәnәbl/US
GREB2
Definitions
adj.
Likely to cause objection or disapproval; objectionable.
可反对的；令人反感的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedexceptionout of, former
+
-abletake, seize, hold
=exceptionable
exception (in its older sense "objection," as in take exception to) + -able = "liable to objection" → objectionable. Note it is NOT the opposite of unexceptional — different sense of "exception."
Example Sentences
- 1.
The committee found nothing exceptionable in the proposal.