unprintable
2
7.7
- adjective
- /ʌnˈprɪntəbl/
:
no imprimible
- These gaudy Excalibur conversions merely make a statement that is unprintable in this family-friendly forum.
- unprintable words
- unprintable joke
- unprintable remarks
Examples
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Still, a flustered adviser, describing the mood, said that the campaign was turning into a vulgar, unprintable phrase.
Blog text (9) -
If I drop an anvil on your toe, it is probable that you will yell something unprintable in a family newspaper.
Blog text (9) -
Those unprintable words which he promised to eliminate from his vocabulary?
Fiction book (1990) -
There are some (unprintable words) people who will lay off just to make their point, and that's sad.
Blog text (8) -
While she didn't use the word sex, her wording suggests that they have pictures that are completely unprintable in a mainstream magazine.
Blog text (16) -
Dona Althea was more colorful but given to unprintable remarks.
Fiction book (1991) -
The comedian's jokes were funny, but many of them were unprintable for a family audience.
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The document contained several unprintable phrases that were deemed inappropriate for publication.
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His comments during the meeting were so offensive that they were considered unprintable in the report.
Synonyms
1
7.5
Not fit to appear in a book or newspaper because of bad content
1
6.4
Not allowed by rules or laws
Not seen on paper or in the finished document
Antonyms
How Printable
3
4.0
3
3.0
477
2.5
176
3.9
20
2.6
2
7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unprintable starts with un- meaning 'not' and print meaning 'to press ink onto paper', like a printer or a printing press. So something unprintable is 'not' suitable to put in print, usually because it is too rude or because it cannot be printed.