as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
uttered an unprintable oath when he saw stocks take their worst slide ever
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Recent Examples of unprintable
Its station call letters feature no vowels yet remain unprintable nonetheless.
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Some unprintable and exceedingly personal comments from Florida star Matthew Tkachuk, including some about a member of Tomas Nosek’s family, accidentally made the live broadcast this series.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
Many of them are unprintable.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
The unofficial answer was probably unprintable.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
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Wesley Morris, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Some unprintable and exceedingly personal comments from Florida star Matthew Tkachuk, including some about a member of Tomas Nosek’s family, accidentally made the live broadcast this series.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023
Many of them are unprintable.
—Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
The unofficial answer was probably unprintable.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprintable
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He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The vast majority of females in the book are described with vulgar disrespect by the various characters and the narrator.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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There is no excuse and no rationalization for a vulgar, inhumane act that senselessly took a life.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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The net front is the nastiest place on an NHL rink.Chris Branch, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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Make sure your items are delivered on time before nasty weather hits by signing up for a Prime membership.Christopher Murray, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Which brings us back to the Knicks’ glaring issues: minutes, foul calls, and rotations.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The captaincy tag had appeared to shake him from a foul mood that has festered as the series has worn on exacerbated by the youthful exuberance of brash upstart Sam Konstas, who has really gotten under his skin.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
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This set also comes with a shoe bag that has two compartments and can double as a laundry bag for dirty clothes during your trip.Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2025
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The door to the laundry room is made of textured glass, so dirty clothes are hidden, but light continues to flow into the apartment.Katharina Schwarze, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the earlier seasons of the show, characters were often filthy, caked with dirt and blood, clothes tattered.Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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The section says that Amazon believes in creating a diverse and inclusive company and that inequitable treatment of anyone is unacceptable.Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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One glaring weakness Poles probably spent too much time talking about Williams’ role in the unacceptable number of sacks.Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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