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more acceptable

ADJECTIVE

satisfactory, agreeable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adequate common decent fair respectable sufficient tolerable

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad inadequate insufficient intolerable poor unrespectable unsuitable

WEAK

disagreeable disturbing unacceptable unsatisfactory unwelcome

Example Sentences

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The review presents processed Polygonum multiflorum as a more acceptable option for some patients, but it does not suggest that people should self treat without guidance.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

This sort of dodge is more acceptable on television than it is on the big screen, which implicitly promises at least a partial wrap-up after almost two hours.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

"I think that hatred in the public sphere towards Jews has made them more acceptable as a target for terrorism," says Jonathan Hall KC, the government's independent reviewer of terror legislation.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

If ever there was a moment to reset policy on some basis more acceptable to them, wouldn’t it be now?

From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025

“Are raw oysters more acceptable to you than a dish of boiled dog? Evidently not.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick