unacceptable

adjective as in not suitable or satisfactory

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distasteful, improper, inadmissible, objectionable, offensive, repugnant, undesirable, unsatisfactory

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below par, damaged, disagreeable, displeasing, exceptionable, half-baked, ill-favored, insupportable, lousy, not up to snuff, obnoxious, reject, unappealing, uninviting, unpleasant, unwanted, unwelcome, won't do

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A Department for Work and Pensions spokesperson told the BBC it was "determined to tackle the unacceptable rise in food bank dependence".

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"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE," McLaughlin added.

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Mr Ahluwalia described Ms Kaur's treatment in an Instagram video as "unacceptable", saying she spent 60-70 hours in detention without a bed, forced to sleep on the floor despite double knee replacements.

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Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, echoed the president's call for an official probe, saying the incidents were "unacceptable".

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Because she had grown up speaking French, Arabic, and her parents' Sicilian dialect, her accent was seen as unacceptable, and her voice was dubbed by other Italian actors.

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