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inaccettabile

unacceptable

adjective een-aht-chet-TAH-bee-leh Rare

Usage Note

Inaccettabile is a single-form adjective — masculine and feminine are identical: un comportamento inaccettabile, una situazione inaccettabile. It is an emphatic word used in formal complaints, political speeches, and moral condemnations. The positive form accettabile (acceptable) is equally common. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable of each component.

Examples

"Questo comportamento è assolutamente inaccettabile."

Natural Translation

This behavior is absolutely unacceptable.

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