Acceptable
Acceptable adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Usage example: told the bike rental man that a ten-speed with four broken gears was not acceptable
Fair is a synonym for acceptable in satisfactory topic. In some cases you can use "Fair" instead an adjective "Acceptable", when it comes to topics like good, average.
Fair
Fair adjective - Of average to below average quality.
Usage example: for what they charged us, the painters should have done better than a fair job of painting the house
Acceptable is a synonym for fair in good topic. You can use "Acceptable" instead an adjective "Fair", if it concerns topics such as reasonable, respectable.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Scores that are 'fair', 'good' and 'great' are no longer acceptable.
Source: 8.8 - And to be fair, this is a real life limitation commonly imposed on abortion debates and generally considered acceptable by both pro-choice and pro-life women; if it hadn't been an issue that had a direct impact on how they would have to run their business, some would consider it reasonable.
Source: Series / Private Practice - Things that would not even be remotely acceptable are now fair game, rape presented as somehow fundamentally different just by changing the genders from "real" (male on female) rape.
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