exceptional or exceptionable?
Exceptional is the more common word and refers, often favorably, to a person or thing unusual in some way: She has exceptional powers of concentration. However, exceptional is also used in a factual or neutral way: Expenses can be reimbursed only in exceptional cases.Exceptionable, despite its similar sound, has a very different meaning, referring to something that arouses disapproval or offense: There was something in his manner that we found exceptionable. More often, it is used in the negative form unexceptionable, meaning "good enough to provide no reason for criticism or objection."
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