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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Matthew Yglesias » Pro-Slavery 2010

  • 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.

    On Sotomayor and Your Guns 2009

  • 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.

    On Sotomayor and Your Guns 2009

  • "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

  • 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.

    Are we a Christian Nation? 2009

  • 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

  • The specific objectional points raised previously is what Canadian law takes issue with.

    Free to Attack Marginalized Groups : Law is Cool 2008

  • 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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