EXCEPTIONABLE

exceptionable, objectionable

(adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to; “a thoroughly unpleasant highly exceptionable piece of writing”; “found the politician’s views objectionable”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

exceptionable (comparative more exceptionable, superlative most exceptionable)

Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cep"tion*a*ble, a.

Definition: Liable to exception or objection; objectionable.

– Ex*cep"tion*a*ble*ness, n. This passage I look upon to be the most exceptionable in the whole poem. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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