exceptionable

English

Etymology

From exception +‎ -able.

Adjective

exceptionable (comparative more exceptionable, superlative most exceptionable)

1. Liable to cause disapproval, objection or debate.
   • 1760, Tobias Smollett, Annals of Literature: Volume 36‎:

     The subject however is rendered still more exceptionable by the aukward and ridiculous manner in which it is here treated.

Derived terms

• exceptionableness
• exceptionably
• unexceptionable