unrecommendableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˌrɛkəˈmɛndəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˌrɛkəˈmɛndəb(ə)l/ Not recommendable.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > worthy of dispraise > not praiseworthy
unpraisable?c1475
uncommendable1509
incommendable?1518
unlovablea1525
unlaudable1535
unplausible1563
unpraiseworthy1587
illaudable1589
unlucky1628
inextollible1772
unrecommendable1830
1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 237 I should have objected to it..as being utterly unrecommendable by one rational person to another.
1894 Brit. Friend No. 3. 71/1 He must early have set himself to build up new and intricate systems, all—as far as one may guess—highly unrecommendable.
1974 Gramophone Nov. 883/3 This month sees a version..of the First Piano Concerto (unrecommendable for reasons totally unconnected with the actual performance).
2005 Wine Internat. Jan. 98/1 It had a grassy nose, and was dominated by a sensation of having been made from underripe fruit. It was unrecommendable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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