objectionable
pronunciation
How to pronounce objectionable in British English:
UK [əbˈdʒekʃənəbl]
How to pronounce objectionable in American English:
US [əbˈdʒɛkʃənəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- causing disapproval or protest
- liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to
Word Origin
- objectionable (adj.)
- 1781, from objection + -able. Related: Objectionably.
Example
- 1. It no longer seems prepared to back its most objectionable allies in the face of international opprobrium .
- 2. Even more objectionable is what obsessing over klout scores does to people : it makes them twitchy and stupid .
- 3. Yet , just because the discussion can be taken to ridiculous , even objectionable , extremes , doesn 't mean we should shun it altogether .
- 4. The european union had been a " fantastic object " , a desirable goal , when it was only an idea , but it turned into an objectionable imposition when it became a reality .
- 5. We were later to discover that the division created between those on the mainland and those on the island would provide their first major source of televised conflict with those on taransay hailed as heroes and the rest of us portrayed as objectionable wimps .