as in offensive
provoking or likely to provoke protest
a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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Recent Examples of objectionable
This is what the theologian Martin Buber found so objectionable.
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Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Powerless to stop the farms State rules require hog farms and a tiny number of poultry farms — those using liquid waste management systems — to take steps to control objectionable odors.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
If a work is too objectionable to perform, don’t perform it.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Every chatbot's conversations will display values that some user somewhere could find objectionable, and every firm will face challenges in how their AIs answer thorny questions about race, gender, religion, politics and more.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Powerless to stop the farms State rules require hog farms and a tiny number of poultry farms — those using liquid waste management systems — to take steps to control objectionable odors.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
If a work is too objectionable to perform, don’t perform it.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Every chatbot's conversations will display values that some user somewhere could find objectionable, and every firm will face challenges in how their AIs answer thorny questions about race, gender, religion, politics and more.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for objectionable
Adjective
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Seattle needs at least one of these players to blossom into a starting-caliber offensive lineman.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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And offensive linemen Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested in Johnson County last May and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2025
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And that very relationship between star and star vehicle is why Chalamet’s speech is the opposite of obnoxious.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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As the latest batch of Kennedys turns out to be dangerous at worst (RFK Jr.) or obnoxious at best (Kyra), his seeming composure, intelligence, and level-headedness during a speech at the DNC offered some hope that not all political nepo babies might be so bad.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
10 Feb. 2025
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The alternative — courts that fail to protect our fundamental rights — is unacceptable.—
Peter Martin,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Environmental groups have long opposed the new reservoir and objected to a shorter judicial review, saying the project will release unacceptable amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas, into the air in addition to other adverse impacts.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
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That leads to the second point: automating boring tasks, or delegating unpleasant things to the AI itself.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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This grandma insisted my daughter hit her, then made the tour unpleasant Ask a real estate pro: Can HOA force owner to put up fence and swap out plants?—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objectionable. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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