unacceptable
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“This kind of violence is unacceptable in San Francisco, and we devoted significant resources to holding the perpetrators of this incident accountable,” San Francisco Police Chief Derrick Lew said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
He admitted to "unacceptable mistakes" without mentioning any specific cases.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Meeting with his security chiefs on Tuesday, Bulgaria's prime minister said: "Another attack on merchant ships in the immediate vicinity of Bulgarian territorial waters is absolutely unacceptable".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"The trust knew about the dangers in 2021, but staff weren't told until the following year and it took another year for safety measures to be introduced. That delay is unacceptable," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I replied that the plan was unacceptable and that I wanted to be released a week hence and at Victor Verster, not Johannesburg.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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