How to Use "Acceptable" with Example Sentences

acceptable (adj): good enough; approved by most of a group or society

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Used with verbs:

"That idea is acceptable."
(be: is/am/are, seems)

"I find your report acceptable."
(find, consider, deem)

"Her work has become acceptable to her manager."
(has become)

Used with adverbs:

"Your work is perfectly acceptable."
(perfectly, very, fully, totally, mostly, minimally, not at all)

"What you are doing is not culturally acceptable."
(culturally, environmentally, ethically, morally, politically, socially, completely, entirely)