Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of or involving objection.
- That can be objected to; objectionable.
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- adjective
objectionable
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Examples
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You might still marvel over such words as 'objectional' in the new biography of yourself, and might ask what is meant by such a sentence as 'his connection with it had inured to his own benefit by the frequent puffs of himself,' and so forth.
Letters to Dead Authors Andrew Lang 1878
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Barak, meanwhile, has emerged as a de facto foreign minister for Israel because Avigdor Lieberman, who holds the post, is a hard-liner whose views are objectional to U.S. officials.
Dennis Ross acts as a key channel between White House and Israeli government Glenn Kessler 2010
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He is almost the inverse: He finds liberal rejection of group identity in the form of patriotism to be objectional and created a brand new set of more or less liberal lies and bullshit to hang around the country and worship.
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I think it is obvious that any attempt to take guns and ammunition away from responsible citizens is going to unleash a whole bunch of mass objectional behaviors from a great many previously responsible citizens.
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I think it is obvious that any attempt to take guns and ammunition away from responsible citizens is going to unleash a whole bunch of mass objectional behaviors from a great many previously responsible citizens.
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"We could have argued for months on what is objectional [amounts of trash] and what is not, or we could just get started on fixing the problem," said Richard A. Eskin, director of the Maryland Department of the Environment's Science Services Administration.
Trash-free Anacostia? Christy Goodman 2010
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I don't like Mormons or Scientologists myself, but other than removing their "religious" tax exemptions, I wouldn't harrass them unless they do socially objectional things.
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A government intrusion that one generation finds objectional may become commonplace to the next.
Metro's bag searches will treat everyone like terrorists Robert Thomson 2010
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The specific objectional points raised previously is what Canadian law takes issue with.
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Okay, while I equally find gender or race objectional, does the above make me sexist because I find less objection to considering gender as opposed to race?
Zogby: Obama Leads In SC, Edwards Catching Up With Hillary For Second 2009
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