unpublishable
adjective
un·pub·lish·able
ˌən-ˈpə-bli-shə-bəl 
Examples of unpublishable in a Sentence
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Danielle Carr Given too much room to roam, an Adderall article or essay can become overly ambitious, wandering and sprawling out into a totally unreadable (and unpublishable) manifesto that usually ends up foundering under the weight of overload.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2024
Wayne acknowledged the catch with some unpublishable praise.
—Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
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
This was a fair point, though such a mention would have rendered Paustovsky’s work unpublishable and perhaps meant his own trip to the Gulag.
—Sophie Pinkham, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
There is widespread concern that, because these kinds of studies can't be preregistered, this kind of research would become denigrated or even unpublishable, were registration to become the norm.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2014
Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2024
Wayne acknowledged the catch with some unpublishable praise.
—Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
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
This was a fair point, though such a mention would have rendered Paustovsky’s work unpublishable and perhaps meant his own trip to the Gulag.
—Sophie Pinkham, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
There is widespread concern that, because these kinds of studies can't be preregistered, this kind of research would become denigrated or even unpublishable, were registration to become the norm.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 22 Feb. 2014
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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpublishable. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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