Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Deserving disapproval; offensive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An objectionable person.
- Capable of being objected to; justly liable to objection; calling for disapproval.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Offensive andarousing disapproval ; worthy ofobjection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective causing disapproval or protest
- adjective liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to
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Examples
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Although Ella found the term objectionable, she was eager to know more.
Rainwater Sandra Brown 2009
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The letter was printed under a clever headline I still don't understand, so I thought I'd better explain here why I find the term objectionable
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Most recently:•New York City's Department of Education blocked Google Images last month for what it called "objectionable content" but later left it up to schools whether to allow it.
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Acting Home Affairs Minister Brian Chituwo directed police last week to investigate what he described as objectionable statements attributed to some politicians.
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Chagoya said the part of his work that critics find objectionable is part of his statement on problems he sees with religious institutions, including the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church.
Leanne Goebel: Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?" Leanne Goebel 2010
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Chagoya said the part of his work that critics find objectionable is part of his statement on problems he sees with religious institutions, including the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church.
Leanne Goebel: Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?" Leanne Goebel 2010
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Chagoya said the part of his work that critics find objectionable is part of his statement on problems he sees with religious institutions, including the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church.
Leanne Goebel: Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?" Leanne Goebel 2010
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Chagoya said the part of his work that critics find objectionable is part of his statement on problems he sees with religious institutions, including the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church.
Leanne Goebel: Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?" Leanne Goebel 2010
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Chagoya said the part of his work that critics find objectionable is part of his statement on problems he sees with religious institutions, including the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church.
Leanne Goebel: Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?" Leanne Goebel 2010
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Chagoya said the part of his work that critics find objectionable is part of his statement on problems he sees with religious institutions, including the sex-abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic church.
Leanne Goebel: Colorado Councilman May Want to Explore Why Art "Turned Him On?" Leanne Goebel 2010
hernesheir commented on the word objectionable
objectional
December 11, 2010