That is unacceptable, but it is not irreversible. We can retake the lead."

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Profanity.Swearing. These are all ways of describing words people consider socially unacceptable.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

We will also tell about a study of socially unacceptable words.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Last week, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu called the accusations unacceptable.

VOA: special.2011.04.01

However, in other parts of the world it is unacceptable.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The declaration calls recovery so far from the global economic crisis uneven and fragile, with unemployment at unacceptable levels in many countries.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

South Korea,Japan, and the United States view the planned launch 1 as an unacceptable attempt to advance the North's ballistic missile program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

(Speaking in Russian) He says in some aspects, Russia is putting slight pressure on its partners, by saying this or that is unacceptable.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

So,the argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change."

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

He says among the hardest-to-reach vulnerable groups are those engaging in behaviors that in some countries are illegal or socially unacceptable, such as homosexuals.

VOA: standard.2009.11.15

He says any missile or rocket flying over Japan is unacceptable, and adds Japan will take approriate measures with anything that affects the nation's interests.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

But Israel says the Palestinians imposed an unacceptable precondition namely,a complete freeze on settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

"The prospect of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons is unacceptable and so is the status quo.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Republican Representative Dan Burton said Congress should send a signal in every piece of legislation it approves that Tehran's ballistic missile and nuclear aspirations are unacceptable.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

A statement by MEND said "a situation where the future of the Niger Delta is tied to the health and well-being of one man is unacceptable."

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

He told his audience in St.Louis that accepting the status quo is unacceptable.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

And I consider that totally unacceptable,". The president acknowledged that it might take weeks for investigators to uncover all of the facts related to the attempted attack.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

This is completely unacceptable." Palestinian officials say they are looking forward to a visit in the coming days by the U.S.special envoy for the Middle East,George Mitchell.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Susan Rice says the Obama administration views the Iranian announcement as "unacceptable."

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

"It is absolutely unacceptable to have individuals suffering in silence because they're afraid their peers or superiors will make fun of them,or worse, it will adversely affect their careers,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"The UNHCR staff described the condition of the center as unacceptable,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The Palestinians say anything short of a complete freeze is unacceptable.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat says the Israeli offer is unacceptable.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

our chimps even have televisions." But such creature comforts don't change the fact that chimpanzees used in medical research may suffer or die, and that's unacceptable to famed primate expert Jane Goodall.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

"Any abuse of detainees is unacceptable,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio told Fox News that violence and threats are "unacceptable" and called on opponents of the new health care law to speak with their votes, and to get involved in politics.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"We need to recognize at the outset that what we do to animals from their perspective certainly, and probably from ours is morally wrong and unacceptable, and that it's really important to follow through on all these exciting new leads into ways of doing research without using animals."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16