unprintable

adjective

un·​print·​able ˌən-ˈprin-tə-bəl 

: unfit to be printed

especially : too obscene or offensive to be shown in print

unprintable epithets

Synonyms

• obscene
• vulgar
• pornographic
• nasty
• foul
• dirty
• filthy
• unacceptable

Examples of unprintable in a Sentence

I can't tell you what he said because it's unprintable.

Does the file contain any unprintable characters?

Recent Examples on the Web

Early in his career, he was known for generating headlines—some of them unprintable—and a temper that could have started fights in an empty room. —Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025

Che and Jost give each other savage one-liners — unprintable, in some cases. —Andy Hoglund Updated, EW.com, 18 May 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unprintable

• printable

Kids Definition

unprintable

adjective

un·​print·​able ˌən-ˈprint-ə-bəl 

ˈən-

: unfit to be printed