आपत्तिजनक (aapattijnak)

adjective A formal/written-register adjective meaning 'objectionable' or 'offensive' -- built from आपत्ति (aapatti, 'objection') plus the suffix -जनक (janak, 'producing/causing'). One core sense.
Sense 1 : objectionable, offensive, inappropriate
adjective
Synonyms: अनुचित (anuchit), अशोभनीय (ashobhniiy, formal), भड़काने वाला (bhadkaane vaalaa, provocative)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This is a newspaper-and-news-anchor word -- you will hear it constantly on Hindi news channels describing a politician's 'objectionable statement' or 'objectionable remarks' (आपत्तिजनक बयान, aapattijnak bayaan). It carries a formal, almost legalistic weight, closer to English 'objectionable' in a complaint letter than casual speech.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use this for everyday annoyances ('this traffic is objectionable'); it is reserved for content, remarks, or behavior that is inappropriate, offensive, or improper in a social/moral/legal sense -- for ordinary annoyance, बुरा (buraa) or परेशान करने वाला (pareshaan karne vaalaa) is the natural choice. 2) It is most often paired with words like टिप्पणी (tippnii, 'remark'), बयान (bayaan, 'statement'), or सामग्री (saamagrii, 'material/content'), not used loosely as a general insult.
Sample Sentences:
मंत्री ने कल एक आपत्तिजनक बयान दिया। The minister gave an objectionable statement yesterday.
(mantrii ne kal ek aapattijnak bayaan diyaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
यह टिप्पणी बेहद आपत्तिजनक है। This remark is extremely objectionable.
(yah tippnii behad aapattijnak hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कृपया अपने पत्र से आपत्तिजनक शब्द हटा दें। Please remove the objectionable words from your letter.
(kripyaa apne patr se aapattijnak shabd hataa den।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
पुलिस ने उस वीडियो को आपत्तिजनक सामग्री बताकर हटा दिया। The police called that video objectionable material and removed it.
(pulis ne us viidiyo ko aapattijnak saamagrii bataakar hataa diyaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगर उसका भाषण आपत्तिजनक न होता, तो विवाद न होता। If his speech had not been objectionable, there would have been no controversy.
(agar uskaa bhaashan aapattijnak n hotaa, to vivaad n hotaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
समाचार चैनल हर रोज़ किसी न किसी नेता का आपत्तिजनक बयान दिखाते हैं। News channels show some leader's objectionable statement every single day.
(samaachaar chainal har roz kisii n kisii netaa kaa aapattijnak bayaan dikhaate hain।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
इस पोस्ट को आपत्तिजनक सामग्री के कारण हटाया गया। This post was removed due to objectionable content.
(is post ko aapattijnak saamagrii ke kaaran hataayaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
क्या आपको यह चुटकुला आपत्तिजनक लगा? Did you find this joke objectionable?
(kyaa aapko yah chutkulaa aapattijnak lagaa?)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
विपक्ष चाहता है कि उस आपत्तिजनक टिप्पणी पर माफी माँगी जाए। The opposition wants an apology to be demanded over that objectionable remark.
(vipaksh chaahtaa hai ki us aapattijnak tippnii par maaphii maangii jaae।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
समिति ने रिपोर्ट में कुछ पंक्तियों को आपत्तिजनक माना है। The committee has deemed certain lines in the report objectionable.
(samiti ne riport men kuchh panktiyon ko aapattijnak maanaa hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (invariant)
invariant: आपत्तिजनक (aapattijnak)