unpublishable

adjective

Definition of unpublishablenext
as in obscene

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Recent Examples of unpublishable Another invective suggesting an unhealthy and unpublishable appreciation of sheep emerged from the Irish actor's mouth and astounded Devine. — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023 The book was probably unpublishable. — Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022 Turner also said the current academic standard and research grant system is less supportive of the type of time-consuming work, often resulting in unpublishable findings, that will be required to thoroughly understand and investigate the rock record of early animal evolution. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2021 While an official record of that call would be presumptively classified, if the White House press secretary has disclosed the call’s existence and some of its details, the prepublication review standards would not flag a manuscript’s similar discussion of the call as classified and unpublishable. — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020 See All Example Sentences for unpublishable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
  1. obscene
  2. unprintable
  3. indecent
  4. smutty
  5. filthy
  6. raunchy
  7. prurient
  8. lascivious
Adjective
  • Deputies found and arrested Betancourt, who was sentenced March 21 to six years and eight months in state prison for felony child abuse causing injury, felony domestic violence, witness intimidation, and possession of obscene matter depicting persons under age 18 engaged in lewd conduct.
    — Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Lovable, charming and generous, yet temperamental, arrogant and obscene.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2025
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • Conservative commentators piled on as well, with the network’s Lisa Kennedy Montgomery used an unprintable insult to call Crockett an attention-seeker.
    — Saul Elbein, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But even if computers are [unprintable expletives], their problems have often been encountered and fixed by some other poor soul.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of unprintable
Adjective
  • The juvenile in Canada was charged with indecent communications, uttering threats, public mischief and mischief over $5,000.
    — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Cowan was arrested in August 2011 and charged with Daniel’s murder, indecent treatment and interfering with a corpse, the report states.
    — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Definition of indecent
Adjective
  • Season one is a smutty yet wonderful crescendo of self-destruction driven by a cast of characters that includes Fleabag’s intensely awkward sister Claire (Sian Clifford), her selfish and pretentious stepmother (Olivia Colman), and her clueless father (Bill Paterson).
    — Matt Kamen, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations?
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of smutty
Adjective
  • Aurangzeb imprisoned his ailing father in 1658 and defeated his brother the year after, before forcibly parading him in chains on a filthy elephant on the streets of Delhi.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The network has ordered Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, which will see the celebrity chef go undercover to rescue America’s filthiest restaurants.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Following competitive bidding, A24 has landed rights to an untitled raunchy teen comedy spec from writer Morgan Lehmann, with Fruit Tree on board to produce.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
  • How 'American Pie' 'Helped' Her Dating Life Coolidge — who played Stifler’s mom Jeanine Stifler in 1999's raunchy comedy American Pie — recalled being underwhelmed by the dating pool before landing her role on The White Lotus.
    — Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Definition of raunchy
Adjective
  • Then it was replaced by prurient talk about a nude shot.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
  • During this time, Law was hounded by the press and made into an object of prurient fascination and lust.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of prurient
Adjective
  • Espinoza was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts against a child victim.
    — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2025
  • On Friday, he was arrested and questioned by detectives on two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a child.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
Definition of lascivious

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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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