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Common collocations with unacceptable in American Collocation

unacceptable adjective

US /ˌʌnəkˈseptəb(ə)l/

completely

absolutely
completely
entirely
totally
utterly
wholly

Her public criticism of an elected representative is totally unacceptable.

clearly

clearly
frankly
quite
simply

It is simply unacceptable for the situation to stay as it is.

in a particular context

culturally
environmentally
ethically
morally
politically
socially

It remained socially unacceptable for women to smoke until the Suffragette movement in the 1920s.

be considered unacceptable

be considered
be deemed
be regarded as

The public health risks are considered unacceptable.

be or become unacceptable

be
become
prove
remain
seem

This document proved unacceptable to the King because it went too far, by giving too much power to Parliament.

think something is unacceptable

find something

These migrants come to the UK to work, to do the jobs we won’t, for wages we find unacceptable.