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Recent Examples of unmentionable
There are also a couple of hints that the fate of Europe’s Jews is part of the prevailing atmosphere of unmentionable moral contagion.
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Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Talking makes the unmentionable mentionable.
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Richard Balkin,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Think also about the people who had to take care of them, who were wiping up all of the various unmentionable bodily liquids and excretions during that long, slow process.
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Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
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Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Talking makes the unmentionable mentionable.
—
Richard Balkin,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
Think also about the people who had to take care of them, who were wiping up all of the various unmentionable bodily liquids and excretions during that long, slow process.
—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unmentionable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmentionable
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That, for you at least, that ineffable quality that gives a density, a weight.
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The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream.
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Realbotix said the platform includes education-specific safety controls, district oversight, and safeguards designed to prevent inappropriate responses.
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That meant that anybody who’s doing anything that could be called terrorism, including eco terrorists, however inappropriate the term, was going to be a target.
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Common problems include over-filing of the nail plate, improper gel removal that leads to peeling or picking, concerns about UV lamp exposure and ongoing dehydration of the nail plate under the polish.
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Grout's biggest challenge is cracking from improper installation or too much moisture.
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But her mother, who found it unseemly for a little girl to be swinging such a thing about, chopped it off one night while my mother was asleep.
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Forget about the ill-behaved, performative fans hoping to go viral on TikTok for unseemly behavior.
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So far this year, 17 tons of illicit drugs, mostly cocaine, have been seized in the Pacific region – more than three times the total across the whole of last year, according to the Australian Federal Police.
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Australian Federal Police via AP Six others allegedly involved in the importation of the cocaine had previously been arrested and charged with offenses related to illicit drugs possession, police said.
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Louisville police say anything that goes into the air or explodes is illegal for average citizens.
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Official fireworks shows took place over the city, and illegal pyrotechnics lit up the sky everywhere in between.
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If scar tissue is too severe, if prior surgeries have left the blood supply compromised, or if a patient's goals aren't achievable without unacceptable risk, proceeding could cause irreversible damage.
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Yes, Stokes’ late night out, in the context of what went on before, was unacceptable.
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From the Dallas Stadium, an unauthorized aircraft cannot come within three nautical miles or fly 3,000 feet ground-to-air.
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But these centers often have little to no medical staff, which means ultrasound offerings could violate laws against the unauthorized practice of medicine or false advertising.
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“Unmentionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmentionable. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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