objectionaladj.
/əbˈdʒɛkʃn̩(ə)l/, /əbˈdʒɛkʃən(ə)l/, U.S. /əbˈdʒɛkʃən(ə)l/, /ɑbˈdʒɛkʃən(ə)l/, /əbˈdʒɛkʃn(ə)l/, /ɑbˈdʒɛkʃn(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective]
remonstrativec1595
protestatorya1624
objectional1651
the mind > language > statement > objection > [adjective] > of the nature of or characterized by
objectional1651
objective1814
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 42 No more prejudiciall or objectionall..then the disputations in the Schools.
1827 J. Aikman tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. IV. x. 348 The objectional acts of his Majesty.
2. Open to objection, objectionable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [adjective] > relating to that which is disliked
unliefOE
peevisha1522
unsavoury1536
ingrate1539
unliked1560
ingrateful1567
dislikeful1596
disgracious1597
disaffected1621
disliked1632
disrelished1659
invidious1710
objectional1799
unlikeable1834
dislikable1843
unfavourite1934
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] > worthy of disapproval > not worthy of approval
hard-favoured1595
implausible1602
unapprovable1647
objectionable1653
unexemplar1685
exceptionable1691
unexemplary1699
ceptionable1702
objectable1747
beastly1763
objectional1799
unqualifiable1823
funky1946
1799 J. West Tale of Times III. 138 Interpreters..have substituted a sort of gay licentiousness in the place of the objectional grossness.
1811 I. Mitchell Asylum I. Pref. p. xiii But though Novel is divested of some of its objectional qualities, it yet retains many irregularities and disproportionate features.
1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 725 A weak solution..may not be very objectional.
1873 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 36 316 Public bills introduced by the Government were drawn up by Government draughtsmen, who..had for some reason or other, adopted the objectional system of reference.
1920 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 34 605 The policy would have the great advantage of giving the business much-needed initial aid without forcing the government into the objectional policy of continuing ship subsidies.
1950 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 19 128 Plan B is objectional for its divisive emphasis. Plan C is not economically practical.
1990 R. Rosenbaum Trav. with Dr. Death (1991) 223 Equally objectional, the A.P.A. brief charges, is the Doctor's practice of diagnosing a defendant as a severe sociopath..without examining him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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