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a T-shirt with an objectionable image
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This is what the theologian Martin Buber found so objectionable.
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Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Powerless to stop the farms State rules require hog farms and a tiny number of poultry farms — those using liquid waste management systems — to take steps to control objectionable odors.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
If a work is too objectionable to perform, don’t perform it.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Every chatbot's conversations will display values that some user somewhere could find objectionable, and every firm will face challenges in how their AIs answer thorny questions about race, gender, religion, politics and more.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Powerless to stop the farms State rules require hog farms and a tiny number of poultry farms — those using liquid waste management systems — to take steps to control objectionable odors.
—Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025
If a work is too objectionable to perform, don’t perform it.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Every chatbot's conversations will display values that some user somewhere could find objectionable, and every firm will face challenges in how their AIs answer thorny questions about race, gender, religion, politics and more.
—Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Objectionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectionable. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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objectionable
adjective
ob·jec·tion·able
əb-ˈjek-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
: arousing objection : offensive
uses objectionable language
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