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Recent Examples of unprintable 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 Perhaps the most memorable number is the one with an unprintable title that invites the audience to flip off Ted Cruz. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025 However Hedges wanted to tell the day’s story — through video, graphics or various unprintable acts — was fine with him. Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025 Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area. Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unprintable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unprintable
Adjective
  • Clothing must not feature offensive language, obscene gestures/graphics, or nudity or clothing that does not sufficiently cover undergarments.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The store supplied her with bondage pants, kilts, and T-shirts printed with obscene illustrations.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The book is filled with vulgar pictures, with many faces blacked out, and messages both handwritten and typed from well-wishers for Epstein’s 50th birthday.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The biopic is the vulgar but necessary tribute inherently populist cinema pays to more traditional, higher-brow art.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Being the mother of seven was useful, however, when the court debated in January whether there were workable alternatives to age verification requirements for pornographic websites.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As of state legislation passed in 2024, creating or distributing non-consensual pornographic deepfakes is a misdemeanor offense in Indiana.
    Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One said bump is a particularly nasty, literal wig-snatching fight between Vida and Chi-Chi.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In a nutshell, people are easily irritated and inclined to get caught up in nasty power struggles because they’re entrenched in their own views.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jessica Post, who lives near Auburn and was sitting near the right field foul pole with her sister, Deanna Ritter of Roseville, was happy the A’s had put the flags to half-staff.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Then second baseman Máximo Acosta chased down the ball in foul territory and threw wildly past third.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The gentle, fragrance-free formula leaves even the dirtiest of clothes spotless.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Ahead of Lipa’s arrival the team was busy setting up trays of extra dirty martinis, her preferred drink.
    Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Or find a less filthy campmate.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Away from a filthy Superdome and Convention Center where they had been holed up for days.
    Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This vile, heartless remark is completely unacceptable—especially from someone entrusted with our children.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • What constitutes an unacceptable season for the Yankees these days, and how much does Boone bear responsibility when the team doesn't perform up to those standards?
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Unprintable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unprintable. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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