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Not up to the required standard or quality

Objectionable to one's standards or senses

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion

Too bad to be justified or tolerated

Not to be endured

Not in accordance with standards of honor, decency or fair play

Not admissible, especially as evidence or as an argument

Having no legal or binding force

Unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

Forbidden morally, or by custom or tradition

Contrary to the laws and customs of society that define proper or appropriate behavior

Not able to occur or to be achieved

(in reference to a "story", sarcastic) Implausible or dishonest in nature

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Adjective

Not up to the required standard or quality

dissatisfactory

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

less-than-stellar

not up to standard

of poor quality

a load of pants

bargain-basement

leaving much to be desired

good-for-nothing

cheap and nasty

not good enough

no great shakes

strictly for the birds

end-of-the-pier

less than ideal

not up to expectations

leaving a lot to be desired

not all it's cracked up to be

twopenny-halfpenny

undistinguished

of no financial value

lower in status

foolish-looking

of little value

thrown together

would fetch nothing

bottom-of-barrel

of negligible value

unsophisticated

not worth a hill of beans

of little worth

nickel-and-dime

of little financial value

of little account

down-at-the-heels

beneath someone

under someone's heel

not very important

not so important

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“Gordon blew a gasket after finding that the standard of hygiene in the restaurant's pantry was completely unacceptable.”

Adjective

Objectionable to one's standards or senses

beyond the pale

not quite the done thing

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond contempt

ill-favoured^UK

beneath contempt

not quite the thing

without justification

not the done thing

unfavourable^UK

low-down-and-dirty

strictly for the birds

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“Han Solo was thoroughly unimpressed with the unacceptable smell he was subjected to after following Princess Leia's plan to escape through the trash compactor.”

Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

beyond the pale

uncomplimentary

politically incorrect

on your high horse

high and mighty

full of contempt

unfavourable^UK

dishonouring^UK

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Adjective

Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion

lacking in propriety

beyond the pale

disproportionate

against the rules

contrary to the rules

unfavourable^UK

dishonourable^UK

not good enough

out of character

beneath one's dignity

dishonorable^US

not up to scratch

not good enough for

inappropriate to

not designed for

disadvantageous

beside the point

neither here nor there

off the subject

not to the point

inconsequential

nothing to do with it

wide of the mark

uncomplimentary

not pertaining to

not connected with

ill-thought-out

out of its element

not up to snuff

spur of the moment

not recommended

matter of indifference

makes no difference

uncharacteristic

mutually exclusive

nothing to do with

out of place with

out of character with

sticking out a mile

standing out a mile

poorly thought-out

badly thought-out

like a fish out of water

not worth worrying about

nothing to do with the case

disconnected from

not to the purpose

out of commission

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Adjective

Too bad to be justified or tolerated

without justification

disproportionate

out of all proportion

beyond the pale

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Adjective

Not to be endured

too much to bear

not to be borne

enough to try the patience of Job

enough to try the patience of a saint

beyond endurance

beyond the pale

enough to tax the patience of a saint

enough to test the patience of a saint

more than one can stand

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than one can bear

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Adjective

Not in accordance with standards of honor, decency or fair play

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

unsportsmanlike

against the rules

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Adjective

Not admissible, especially as evidence or as an argument

Adjective

Having no legal or binding force

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Adjective

Unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude

overextravagant

disproportionate

beyond the pale

out of all proportion

recrementitious

excessively high

blown up out of all proportion

over one's head

out of proportion

surplus to requirements

untrammelled^UK

of considerable size

root-and-branch

extremely large

larger-than-life

taking the cake

spreading like wildfire

desensitized^US

desensitised^UK

take-no-prisoners

through the ceiling

more than enough

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Adjective

Forbidden morally, or by custom or tradition

unauthorized^US

insurrectionary

against the law

unauthorised^UK

under-the-table

against the rules

under-the-counter

in violation of law

under the table

without law and order

under the counter

contrary to law

unconstitutional

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

outside the law

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Adjective

Contrary to the laws and customs of society that define proper or appropriate behavior

beyond the pale

Adjective

Not able to occur or to be achieved

out of the question

incomprehensible

not worth considering

beyond the bounds of possibility

highly unlikely

beyond the realm of reason

not remotely possible

not to be thought of

extremely difficult to believe

extremely implausible

extremely unlikely

not in the least likely

scarcely credible

hard to swallow

imcomprehensible

extremely doubtful

beyond possibility

hardly possible

like herding cats

contrary to reason

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Adjective

(in reference to a "story", sarcastic) Implausible or dishonest in nature

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