acceptable

Definition for acceptable

adjective as in satisfactory, agreeable

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adequate, common, decent, fair, respectable, sufficient, tolerable

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A-OK, admissible, all right, average, big, cooking with gas, cool, copacetic, delightful, hep, hip, hunky-dory, in the swim, kosher, large, okay, on the ball, on the beam, passable, peachy keen, pleasant, pleasing, right on, standard, swell, trendy, unexceptional, unobjectionable, up to code, up to snuff, welcome

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He reads the list of rules he and his mum have since signed in a voluntary "acceptable behaviour contract".

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"This cannot be acceptable in the UK in 2025. We urgently need the public's support to reopen the list - because childhood can't wait."

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"The ABC and others cannot be allowed to regard a penalty as an acceptable price to pay for staving off criticism."

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We needed to know about the backgrounds and relevance to the story of potential interviewees and where filming would be an acceptable risk to take in a warzone where nowhere is safe.

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Threats and violence are increasingly treated as acceptable for achieving political goals, posing serious risks to democracy and society.

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