How to Use unpronounceable in a Sentence

unpronounceable

adjective
  • Have your partner change or add at least three letters to make the name unpronounceable.
    Ali Solomon, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2022
  • But the labels were in Russian, the names unpronounceable.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 May 2021
  • That unpronounceable thing is the actually the name for the modern shark.
    Mary Mooney, OregonLive.com, 14 July 2017
  • The unpronounceable sequence caused both devices to remain silent even while the apps were still running.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Plus, quinoa and amaranth (two of-the-moment ancient grains) are downright unpronounceable for some.
    Jaclyn London, Ms, Rd, Cdn, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2018
  • Kasich has shot down the speculation, telling Meet the Press that the unity ticket would be unpronounceable.
    T.a. Frank, The Hive, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Out of a welter of sketchy bulletins, counter-claims and unpronounceable names flowing from Poland, the broad outlines of Germany’s assault began to take shape.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Aug. 2019
  • In the end, the impossibly snaky rivers, the misbehaving mountains, and the unpronounceable names are not the most important part of the fantasy map.
    Adrian Daub, Longreads, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Plus, there are often tons of harsh (and unpronounceable) chemicals in those products.
    Ariel Scotti, Health.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The garden will be in its spring glory, and there will be plenty of docents on hand to identify the incredibly cool plants with unpronounceable names from far corners of the world.
    Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 19 Apr. 2017
  • Does the answer to finding a secure password lie in naming your pet a wacky, possibly unpronounceable name?
    Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 30 May 2017
  • In fact, many occultists believe that the appearance of 11:11 is connected to the tetragrammaton — the unpronounceable four-letter name for the God of Israel.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 1 Dec. 2021
  • On the main stage, representatives from companies with unpronounceable names riled up the crowds.
    Morgen Peck, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2021
  • All the icky, unpronounceable ingredients found in most.
    Katie Chang, Forbes, 23 May 2021
  • The unpronounceable Convenrt, for instance, is in Colgate toothpaste’s classic white-on-red script.
    Patricia Laya, Bloomberg.com, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The float is meant to illustrate the backstories of the nine Muses, the Greek demigoddesses in charge of art, music, literature, theater and unpronounceable Uptown streets.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Others have argued that ending nouns and adjectives with an X instead of an O or A makes the language practically unpronounceable.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2021
  • A year later his name actually wasn’t Prince but an unpronounceable symbol.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Dishes are unpronounceable because of a language barrier, not the obscure naming conventions of a tattoo clad chef.
    Shakirah Simley, Longreads, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The guidance has changed over the years, from simple, memorizable passwords to unpronounceable strings of characters customized for each account, and stored in password managers.
    Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2022
  • There's exploding plumbing, too, unleashing rivers of raw sewage, and a slew of desperate neighbors with unpronounceable foreign-sounding names who come a-knocking, looking for refuge from the disaster.
    Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • This was a radical idea for a nation conditioned to think of fine cooking as indistinguishable from fancy French restaurant dishes, booby-trapped with unpronounceable names that served as class markers.
    Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Instead of that dreaded list of unpronounceable ingredients, Jason’s formula uses only those which can be found in nature.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Antetokounmpo's name, which has gone from unpronounceable to household status, is entrenched in the MVP conversation.
    Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Despite some popularity among kids watching over summer vacation or while home sick from school, Whew! was likely doomed in part by a nearly unpronounceable title and a perhaps overly complicated format (more on that ahead).
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2021
  • REEs are those metals with unpronounceable names that are used in the manufacture of advanced technologies, including electric vehicles, wind turbines and missile guidance systems.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • About 70 percent of consumers say that using baby products free of allergens and unpronounceable ingredients is very important to them, according to an AlixPartners survey.
    Bloomberg.com, 21 Feb. 2018

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