UNACCEPTABLE, unseemly, improper, unsuitable, unreasonable, intolerable, disgraceful, deplorable, outrageous, scandalous, shocking; informal not on, not the done thing, out of order, out of line; Austral./NZ informal over the fence; formal exceptionable.
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beyond the pale
1. Intolerable
2. Unacceptable
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Main Entry: ↑pale
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outside the bounds of acceptable behavior
the language my father used was beyond the pale
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beyond the pale
: offensive or unacceptable
conduct that was beyond the pale
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Main Entry: ↑pale
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beˌyond the ˈpale idiom
considered by most people to be unacceptable or unreasonable
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His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
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She has put herself beyond the pale
(= behaved in a way that is unacceptable).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.