The percentage of lead in our drinking water is unacceptably high. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an acceptable performance. ,acceptable levels of radiation. From Dictionary.com.
Currently it was owed about R15 billion, an amount it described as unacceptably high. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He said the "unacceptably" high municipal debt undermined service delivery. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Langa said it was also essential for South Africa to take steps to lower the "unacceptably" high levels of crime. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Like – if you're driving "unacceptably" close to the edge of a cliff, don't impede a plan to drive over the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Obama political team turns its sights on House Dems] Reference
Geithner: Jobless rate to stay 'unacceptably' high. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
An "unacceptably" high number of people in England cannot read, write and count properly, MPs have warned. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
They were found by the tribunal to have acted "unacceptably" by charging clients even though the Government was paying their fees. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"unacceptably" by charging clients event though the government was paying their fees. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
One, that foreclosures are at unacceptably high levels. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2007] Reference
It has plateaued at an unacceptably high rate in the U.S. From Wordnik.com. ['The Epidemic Is Growing In Frightening Ways'] Reference
Divine or not, some employers consider them unacceptably outre. From Wordnik.com. [Law: The Dreadlock Deadlock] Reference
What is clear is the civilian casualties were unacceptably high. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 14, 2009] Reference
It is unfortunate that it is so high, and it's unacceptably high. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2007] Reference
It was unacceptably late, but that's exactly what we're doing here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2005] Reference
The third big issue is the unacceptably high level of violent crime. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons of History] Reference
And it's true that job losses are still at an unacceptably high rate. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2009] Reference
Today the local unemployment rate is unacceptably high in this region. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2009] Reference
Many on the religious right say that John McCain is unacceptably liberal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2008] Reference
Clearly, we brought it down to unacceptably low levels after the Cold War. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 17, 2006] Reference
Reduce poverty and the unacceptably high rates of maternal and child mortality. From Wordnik.com. [Mia Farrow: Educated Children Are the Future of Africa] Reference
The treasury secretary says that the unemployment rate will stay unacceptably high. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2009] Reference
Intervention in others might exact an unacceptably high cost in either blood or treasure. From Wordnik.com. [The Lonely Superpower] Reference
Then came, not unacceptably, a little cup of pasty chocolate and a long roll for each of us. From Wordnik.com. [Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern] Reference
And they were prepared to act if the risk got unacceptably high, which it did in this instance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2009] Reference
She'd always insisted he call her by her name, judging the titlegrandmaas unacceptably bourgeois. From Wordnik.com. [CIA in Jerusalem] Reference
Now, that's unacceptably high, but it's a lot lower than the 40 percent that we saw a few weeks ago. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference
However, unacceptably high inflation -- the most difficult economic problem I have faced -- persists. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Michael Burke Bronx, N. Y.Your cover headline screaming spying on your calls is unacceptably misleading. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Magazine] Reference
The unemployment rate is unacceptably high nationally, and skyrocketing in some states into the mid-double-digits. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ross: Manufacturing A Phony Job Crisis] Reference
"Essentially, inflation rates have reached a plateau, but are likely to remain at unacceptably high levels for some months.". From Wordnik.com. [India Hikes Interest Rate More Than Expected] Reference
What drives deterrence, and resulting stability, is that two warring parties can create unacceptably high costs for the other. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Clemons: Jeffrey Goldberg Probes Israel's Iran Strike Option: Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"?] Reference
Yet for all those social advances, the contrasts between the haves and the have-nots in Latin America remain unacceptably stark. From Wordnik.com. [Reaping the Whirlwind] Reference
"Essentially, inflation rates have reached a plateau, but are likely to remain at unacceptably high levels for some months," the RBI said. From Wordnik.com. [RBI Raises Policy Rates] Reference
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