unacceptables
Sayun-ak-SEP-tuh-buhlz/ˌʌn.ækˈsɛp.tə.bl̩z/
- 1Plural of unacceptable.
Note
A plural that exists only because the adjective has been turned into a noun. As an adjective (an unacceptable answer) it can never take -s, since English adjectives do not inflect for number. Once it names something that is not acceptable, it becomes countable and takes the regular plural. The -s is a reliable sign of the noun use: a few unacceptables, the unacceptables, but never unacceptables answers.
unacceptables is a form of unacceptable
unacceptable, noun: A thing, action, or situation that fails to meet what can be allowed or approved. Full entry
- Forms
- unacceptableunacceptables plural
- Spelling
- unacceptable → unacceptables: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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