Acceptability

Word ACCEPTABILITY
Character 13
Hyphenation ac cept a bil i ty
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Acceptability"

What do we mean by acceptability?

The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

Synonyms and Antonyms for Acceptability

The word "acceptability" in example sentences

We have seen so much death in the news, in movies and in games that it's hard to say where the line of acceptability is and what a director has to do to cross it. ❋ Jesse Kornbluth (2010)

Such forward-looking investigations are sometimes called acceptability research because their purpose is to identify a basis for positioning an innovation so that it will be more acceptable that is, have a more rapid rate of adoption. ❋ Everett M. Rogers (1995)

Neil Abercrombie, who knew Mr. Obama's parents when they were students in Honolulu, says that what the president finds here is not so much privacy but "acceptability" - the protective cocoon that comes with being in the warm embrace of a familiar place, where people regard him as "ohana," Hawaiian for "extended family." ❋ By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG (2010)

Re don’t we have to alert learners to the fact that their acceptability is still restricted to certain registers? ❋ Unknown (2010)

That is, don’t we have to alert learners to the fact that their acceptability is still restricted to certain registers? ❋ Unknown (2010)

We tell stories from our lives about appearance and acceptability, which is what middle school is all about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From describing the Iraqi insurgency as being in its "last throes" (when it was patently just getting revved up for its second throes) to calling the acceptability of waterboarding a "no-brainer" (when even the people who conduct it say that the information it yields cannot be relied upon), he continues to defend the indefensible with the implausible and the discredited. ❋ Unknown (2008)

With the rise of doublespeak, or what is commonly known as "political correctness", we have already begun the journey of reshaping our language along those lines which fit an orthodoxy of "acceptability". ❋ Unknown (2007)

Since I started in the business, I have seen the "acceptability" bar raised higher and higher. ❋ Steve Hulett (2007)

MR. BERGER: I think the government of France, as other governments, need to convey -- hopefully will convey and I believe have conveyed to Saddam Hussein that he is totally outside the realm of any kind of acceptability from the international community when he throws out these inspectors, and that the only way that he can get back into any kind of dialogue with the international community is by coming back ❋ ITY National Archives (1997)

TUCSA's belief that it had a right to decide on the 'acceptability' of an ❋ Unknown (1980)

Artificial criteria such as acceptability to the media, eloquence specifically in English, and warped notions of ❋ Unknown (1969)

But society's views about the 'acceptability' of smoking must be changed and the easiest way to do this is a blanket ban in cars and vans, he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is the illusory effect of "acceptability" which can make people appear like unattainable geniuses, and social change come out of the blue. ❋ Malcolm Doney (2010)

Unsurprisingly, as long as basic questions like the "acceptability" of enrichment on Iranian soil are not resolved, Iran is unwilling to accept, without some modifications, the so-called ElBaradei proposal for refueling the TRR via a "swap" of new fuel for a large part of Iran's current stockpile of low-enriched uranium. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, the FA do not believe Ferguson's comments have crossed the boundaries of acceptability, meaning the Scot will face no charge, one of the few pieces of good news to emerge from the first FA Cup third round defeat in his 23 years as United boss. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To threaten religions that don't toe the current government line of "acceptability" with the loss of their free expression thereof. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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