as in ethical
not likely to bother or offend anyone
The practice is seen as perfectly unobjectionable.
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Recent Examples of unobjectionable
Maybe that’s the lesson the university is actually communicating to its students, beneath whatever charmingly nasal encouragement Kermit doles out on graduation day: to err on the unobjectionable side when things look dicey.
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Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Many orders can be unobjectionable, such as giving federal employees the day after Christmas off.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
Those changes are unobjectionable and do not do much of anything to violate the historical fabric.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
It will be seen, however, from the letter of a correspondent that the word is not entirely unobjectionable, as it may be confounded with Science when it is spoken in the plural.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unobjectionable
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Find a tax preparer, but first review the agency's tips to find an ethical one.—
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However, ethical leadership requires a clear boundary between policy disagreement and the normalization — or tacit justification — of violence.—
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Clarke, a junior, also was an honorable-mention All-Big Ten selection after totaling 30 tackles, eight passes defended and a fumble recovery in eight games.—
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Other than honorable discharges carry serious, long-term consequences, including the inability to access veteran benefits and disqualifications on becoming a police officer.—
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This is especially true for plants that are marginally hardy in your area, as well as common perennials like woodland phlox, lamb’s ear, and hardy geraniums.—
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Fellow true freshman Joshua Moore should be in line for a bigger role next season as well.—
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Many reviewers credited the beach’s immaculate facilities and amenities— including bathrooms, charcoal grills, tables, and picnic pavilions—for making their visits true trips to paradise.—
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But with Mayfield playing immaculate hero ball, those issues are less important than the fact that Tampa’s young (and now injured) secondary is exactly the type of game the Lions prefer to hunt.—
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The radical shifts in France — regicide, the Committee of Public Safety’s terror, and expansionist campaigns — dissolved the moral and practical basis for the alliance.—
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Without genuine emotional experience or moral agency, AI cannot provide the accountability that comes from being seen by another person.—
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Amazon’s listings, automatically generated by an experimental artificial intelligence tool, didn’t always correspond to the correct product in Burzio’s inventory.—
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Most importantly, recipients should ensure their banking details are correct and up to date before requesting or receiving a transfer.—
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Throughout pretrial proceedings, attorneys repeatedly clashed over whether political expression related to Gaza could be considered a legitimate defense.—
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These programs were designed to provide tax credits to legitimate businesses for employment taxes and wages.—
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Probably This made very nice videos, constitutionally inoffensive, pleasant, maybe because those are qualities with mass appeal and endorsement potential.—
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The problem is that to be so universally inoffensive, an affiliative joke usually ends up being overworn and anodyne.—
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“Unobjectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unobjectionable. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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