These adjectives are related but have almost opposite meanings.
Exceptionable means “able to be excepted” and “excepted” means “taken out”; so exceptionable literally means “likely to be taken out” or “likely to be objected to,” or “able to be censored”:
Please remove any exceptionable language from your speech.
Exceptionable is related to the phrase “to take exception to (something),” which is a fancy way of saying “object to (something).”
Exceptional, in contrast, means “outstanding” or “special”—usually in a good way:
She went to an exceptional school and succeeded very well.
She has exceptional artistic abilities.
Although, it is possible to use the word exceptional negatively as well:
That movie is an exceptional example of bad writing.
Peter was exceptionally clumsy.
Exceptional used alone always means “excellent” but exceptional in a negative statement can mean “especially bad.”
More Examples of How to Use “Exceptionable” in a Sentence
- Unfortunately, their terms are exceptionable for us to crack the deal.
- Because John produced an exceptionable contract, the company turned down his proposal.
- If you find this book exceptionable, you are just too narrow-minded.
- Why did Julia humiliate herself by doing such an exceptionable act in public?
- The publisher rejected Jake’s story because it contains many exceptionable dialogues.
- Mary’s ex-husband was outside her office all day, waiting to do something exceptionable and make a scene to embarrass her; thankfully, we was seen and asked to leave by the security guard.
- Rita tarnished her work reputation with an exceptionable act on social media.
- My friend Tim said that my girlfriend and I should avoid such exceptionable displays of affection publicly—but he’s just jealous.
More Examples of How to Use “Exceptional” in a Sentence
- I must say Jack was looking exceptional today at the party.
- surely has exceptional cooking skills.
- I have to admit that your boyfriend has an exceptional personality.
- With Judith’s exceptional abilities, she shortly convinced the board of directors to let her be the project manager.
- Because of Bill’s exceptional position, nobody dares to provoke him at the company.
- Martin is indeed a man of exceptional talent.
- I’ve heard a lot of musicians, but your music today was exceptional—you had the crowd in awe!
- The company has made Larry an exceptional offer to compensate for the damage, so he has decided not to sue them.