Acceptable and Poor

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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
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Poor is an antonym for acceptable in satisfactory topic.
Nearby Words: accept, accepted, acceptance, accepting, acceptably

Poor

Poor adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band
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Acceptable is an antonym for poor.
Nearby Words: poorly, poorness
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  • Literature / Courtship Rite I'm a Humanitarian: Geta is a Lost Colony where desperation in the face of poor harvests has made cannibalism socially acceptable over the course of many centuries.
    Source: Literature / Courtship Rite
  • Donald Kingsbury's classic SF novel Courtship Rite features a Lost Colony where desperation in the face of poor harvests has made cannibalism socially acceptable over the course of many centuries.
    Source: Im A Humanitarian / Literature
  • Fashion-Victim Villain While Aegis are a Knight of Cerebus with relatively acceptable costums, their member Pyro has a clear poor sense of fashion, which was lampshade by Mello.
    Source: Fashion-Victim Villain
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