unacceptable damage

collocation in English

meaningsofunacceptableanddamage

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unacceptable
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.əkˈsep.tə.bəl/us
/ˌʌn.əkˈsep.t̬ə.bəl/
too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofunacceptableanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We say it means the capability to inflictunacceptabledamageand casualties on any possible adversary.
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It too will be able to inflictunacceptabledamageand casualties on any possible adversary.
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It is the capability to inflictunacceptabledamageon an adversary, or to threaten to do so.
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However, a minimum deterrent is often defined as one capable of inflictingunacceptabledamageon a possible adversary.
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The best option—a long tunnel—is very expensive and the surface options will causeunacceptabledamageto the landscape.
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Before we introduce change, it is incumbent on us to be certain that there will not beunacceptabledamage.
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To use the jargon, it can inflict "unacceptabledamage" on the enemy.
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It is too late to avoidunacceptabledamageto the legitimate expectations of our own farmers.
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An effective nuclear deterrent, after all, is one that is invulnerable and can inflictunacceptabledamage on an adversary; that is an effective nuclear deterrent.
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We need only enough to inflictunacceptabledamageon that country.
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We asked ourselves whether this could be done and, if so, withoutunacceptabledamageto the environment.
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Those substances will be precisely those which, in the terms of the amendments, would otherwise causeunacceptabledamage, unsustainable pollution and so on.
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It would today inflict whollyunacceptabledamageon an enemy.
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The major factor is to pose to a potential aggressor the capacity to inflict upon himunacceptabledamage.
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Everyone agrees that a minimum deterrent is a capability of inflictingunacceptabledamageon any possible adversary.
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While we maintan the capability of inflictingunacceptabledamageon the other side, that makes us all the more secure.
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In our view, the hitting power should, if necessary, be sufficient to inflictunacceptabledamageon any challenger.
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To deter, one needs only the capacity to inflict thatunacceptabledamage, and no more.
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The price mechanism cannot be allowed to depress the market without causingunacceptabledamagein a civilised society.
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The truth is that the unions are in a position to inflictunacceptabledamageon employers and, indeed, on the economy as a whole.
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