as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
uttered an unprintable oath when he saw stocks take their worst slide ever
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Recent Examples of unprintable
Many of them uncharitable and nasty, some of them vulgar and unprintable.
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprintable
Adjective
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Weiner pled guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor in 2017 and spent 15 months in federal prison for the crime.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Texas Tech’s student section directed an obscene chant at Kansas’ Darryn Peterson as the freshman guard prepared to shoot a free throw late in the first half of the Jayhawks’ 64-61 victory over the Red Raiders on Monday night at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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Sarah, the former Duchess of York, also sent emails to Epstein which included a vulgar mention of Eugenie, who had not yet turned 20 at the time, People reported.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The dangers of some using modern technology to render false, realistic pornographic depictions of real individuals is just one of many concerns people are having in the age of artificial intelligence.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
23 Jan. 2026
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The legislation would allow individuals whose likeness has been used by AI to generate pornographic photos and videos without their consent to sue those responsible for generating or disseminating the content for upward of $150,000.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Despite defeat, and a nasty fall, Anne would return to England at the end of the Games, paying homage to her country and the spirit of the British team by choosing to wear their uniform, a light blue suit with white hat, during the trip.—
Laura Scafati,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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On Friday, stocks surged after a nasty bout of selling this past week, when software stocks, bitcoin and other risk-on favorites led the market lower.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Early Friday morning, the president of the United States shared on his social media account a foul video that portrayed former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes and himself as a lion.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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These toxic elements sat in the channel’s then-stagnant water, which led to a die-off of all vegetation and the emission of foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Use of dirty plastic directly To optimize the structure for real-world use, the team utilized computer simulations to identify a design with a high stiffness-to-weight ratio.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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The trucks hauling the snow frolicked in the water, sending dirty gray ripples toward me.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Over the last several seasons of the Movies Fantasy League, the one thing that’s been more consistent than the movies, the awards, or Timmy Chalamet scoring a hit in December has been all you players coming up with some of the most clever, goofy, dumb, sometimes filthy names for your teams.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2026
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Traditional mops move filthy water, conventional vacuums push fine dust back into the air and cleaning cloths need to be rinsed to maintain hygienic conditions.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Letting this get past the March 6 NHL trade deadline without receiving anything in return for a pending free agent who everyone knows New York won’t re-sign would be an unacceptable outcome.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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The abuse these children suffered in both their biological and adoptive homes was tragic and unacceptable.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Unprintable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprintable. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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