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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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Athena Lamnisos from The Eve Appeal said it was "exciting" to see new, more acceptable ways of offering a potentially life-saving test.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

In response, the European Union crafted a counterproposal more acceptable to Ukraine, and its member states are rushing to rearm as the bloc looks for ways to break its institutional gridlock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

UnitedHealth was “likely looking at what they need to be doing from a policy standpoint to be a more acceptable player in the U.S. health care system,” he argued.

From Slate • May 14, 2025

So things are happening and it’s more acceptable to the general public.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

In Dill’s case, he sang because it felt like a more acceptable way of screaming in agony, which was what he wanted to do.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner