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Definitions for objectionable
əbˈdʒɛk ʃə nə bəlob·jec·tion·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. objectionable, obnoxiousadjective

    causing disapproval or protest

    "a vulgar and objectionable person"

  2. exceptionable, objectionableadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. objectionableadjective

    Offensive and arousing disapproval; worthy of objection.

    Before removing objectionable material, you'll have to decide what will offend people.

ChatGPT

  1. objectionable

    Objectionable is defined as something unpleasant, offensive, disagreeable or unacceptable that could potentially cause disapproval or protest. It can apply to a wide range of things including behavior, language, action, content, or ideas.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Objectionableadjective

    liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of objectionable in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of objectionable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of objectionable in a Sentence

  1. Bennie Thompson:

    There are a lot of members in this institution who say when they see that flag, it is objectionable to them.

  2. Steve Vladeck:

    There's no question that the Buffalo shooting video drives home both the stakes of the HB 20 dispute and what's wrong with HB 20 itself, if any Texas-based account reposted or rebroadcast the Twitch stream, taking that down would, on my reading, clearly violate HB 20. When you deprive social media platforms of the ability to moderate content, you are all but guaranteeing that they will be awash in violent, inappropriate, and otherwise objectionable posts.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    I am willing to try now to see whether you can push to get rid of the objectionable parts, to drive a harder bargain on some of the other parts and to provide transparency so the American people can see what would be in a proposed final deal, if I were in the White House, that's what I would be doing right now.

  4. Julie Goodin:

    It’s hard for this generation, these kids don’t even know 9/11, they were not even born, are the words objectionable? Yes, there is no one that thinks they aren’t. But by taking away the first part, it’s not changing the meaning of what he is trying to portray.

  5. Theophrastus:

    Grossness is not difficult to define: it is obtrusive and objectionable pleasantry.

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