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Unexceptionable

Definition: Unexceptionable

Unexceptionable

Adjective

1. Completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; "two unexceptionable witnesses"; "a judge's ethics should be unexceptionable".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unexceptionable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)


Synonym: Unexceptionable

Synonym: unimpeachable (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unexceptionable

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dueness

Square, unexceptionable, right; equitable; due, en r

Inexpedience

Tolerable; (not very good); up to the mark, unexceptionable, unobjectionable; satisfactory, tidy.

Innocence

Inculpable, unculpable; unblamed, unblamable; blameless, unfallen, inerrable, above suspicion; irreproachable, irreprovable, irreprehensible; unexceptionable, unobjectionable, unimpeachable; salvable; venial.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Unexceptionable

English words defined with "unexceptionable": unimpeachable. (references)

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Use in Literature: Unexceptionable

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She could not respect his eye, but his love and his complaisance were unexceptionable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Speeches: Unexceptionable

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Madison

1809-1817This unexceptionable course could not avail against the injustice and violence of the belligerent powers.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837Being now for the first time presented in an unexceptionable form, it is confidently hoped that the application will be successful.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Unexceptionable

"Unexceptionable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unexceptionable" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3063,341

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Unexceptionable

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

unexceptionable

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unexceptionable

Language Translations for "unexceptionable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

perfekt (excellent). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

съвършен (consummate, finished, full, ideal, indefectible, masterly, out and out, outright, perfect, right-down, spheral, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, transcendent, very), възхитителен (admirable, adorable, delectable, delicious, delightful, lovely, wonderful), отличен (alpha plus, banner, crack, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, immense, master stroke, masterly, mean, nailing, peachy, pre eminent, prime, prize, roaring, slick, spanking, splendid, superb, whizbang, wicked, wizard), безукорен (above reproach, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect, unblamable, unspotted), безупречен (blameless, faultless, flawless, immaculate, indefectible, irreproachable, spotless, undeniable, unimpeachable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

nesporný (incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, undeniable, undisputed, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned), neoddiskutovatelný, bezvadný (faultless, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, perfect), bezúhonný (fair, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, spotless, stainless, unblemished, unimpeachable, untainted, upstanding). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

onwraakbare getuige (unexceptionable witness), onwraakbaar getuige (unexceptionable witness, unimpeachable witness). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

انتقادناپذیر, استثناء ناپذیر, بی عیب (Entire, Intact, Leal, Perfect, Sound). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

jäävitön todistaja (unchallengeable witness), esteetön todistaja (competent witness). (various references)

   

French

  

témoin sans reproche (unexceptionable witness), témoin irréprochable (unexceptionable witness, unimpeachable witness), témoin irrécusable (unexceptionable witness, unimpeachable witness), juridiquement irréprochable (legally unexceptionable). (various references)

   

German

  

nichts besonderes (nothing mind). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

άμεμπτοσ (blameless, irreproachable, polished, spotless, unblamable, unblemished, unimpeachable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kifogástalan (beyond reproach, blameless, correct, immaculate, impeccable, irreproachable, laudable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ineccepibile. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exceptionableunay

   

Portuguese

  

que não pode recusar-se, perfeito (absolute, accomplished, bijou, classic, classical, clean, close, consummate, crowned, exact, finisher, flawless, handsome, impeccable, masterly, perfect, perfectibility, precious, sculpturesque, sound, thorough, thoroughpaced, throughly, unalloyed, undeniable, unmitigated), irrepreensível (faultless, impeccable service, irreproachable, unblamable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable), inatacável (inextinguishable, unassailable, unimpeachable, unquestionable). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

превосходный (admirable, bang-up, beautiful, capital, clinking, divine, excellent, fine, grand, groovy, hunky-dory, jim-dandy, nailing, once-stellar, palmary, posh, prime, smashing, spanking, superb, superlative, surpassing, tiptop, top-hole, topnotch, top-notch, transcendent, unexceptional). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

običan (common, habitual, ordinary, plain, prosaic, quotidian, unexceptional, usual). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

intachable (impeccable, soilless, unimpeachable). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

oklanderlig (blameless, faultless, immaculate, impecable, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, undeniable), oantastlig (inviolable, ironclad, unassailable). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sakıncasız (unobjectionable), karşı çıkılmaz, itiraz edilemez (incontestable, unanswerable, unassailable, unexceptional, unobjectionable), istisna edilemez. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

бездоганний (blameless, faultless, flawless, immaculate, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, paragon, pure, scrupulous, stainless, taintless, thoroughbred, unimpeachable). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không thể chê trách được (irreproachable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Unexceptionable

Derivations

Words beginning with "unexceptionable": unexceptionableness, unexceptionablenesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Unexceptionable"

Words rhyming with "unexceptionable" (pronounced 'Un`ex*cep"tion*a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Unexceptionable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-n-o-p-t-u-x"

-2 letters: exceptionable, unexceptional.

-3 letters: unnoticeable.

-4 letters: enucleation, exceptional, exculpation, exponential, unexcitable.

-5 letters: binucleate, enunciable, executable, expectable, expunction, noticeable, nucleation, peculation, unopenable.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-n-o-p-t-u-x"
 

+4 letters: unexceptionableness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Unexceptionable


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

55 6E 65 78 63 65 70 74 69 6F 6E 61 62 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010101 01101110 01100101 01111000 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0055 006E 0065 0078 0063 0065 0070 0074 0069 006F 006E 0061 0062 006C 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

558071906971828675818067687871

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Quotations: Speeches
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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