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unpublishable

adjective

Definition of unpublishablenext
as in obscene

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Recent Examples of unpublishable But much of what’s popping up on Substack is appealingly specific, the kind of stuff that’s unpublishable elsewhere. — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 July 2025 Most of my writing energy went into composing my vast unpublishable novels, one and then another. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024 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. — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 26 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 See All Example Sentences for unpublishable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
  1. obscene
  2. pornographic
  3. unprintable
  4. indecent
  5. smutty
  6. filthy
  7. raunchy
  8. prurient
Adjective
  • Banners unfurled at off-campus houses ranged from the profane to the obscene.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Georgia Bulldog logo has showed up for years on hats, shirts and pennants, but the state Board of Regents has decided that the appearance of the familiar canine on toilet seats and obscene posters is going too far.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • The resident is Eugene Horsch, 44, who previously lived there with his late father, pornographic filmmaker and photographer Raymond Horsch.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Parents of students at Sunset Park Elementary School are stunned following the arrest of a former teacher accused of inappropriately touching students and displaying pornographic images.
    — Anna McAllister, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pornographic
Adjective
  • Who the [unprintable] is Joe Rogan?
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • The response from the film industry was swift and, in several cases, unprintable in full.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of unprintable
Adjective
  • There is something almost indecent about connecting personal opportunity to a day of such extraordinary grief and trauma.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The additional charges filed against Andrew Tate last month include seven counts of rape, 15 counts of making/distributing indecent images of children and four counts of possession of extreme pornography.
    — Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of indecent
Adjective
  • Her world is a Saturday morning cartoon crossed with a smutty joke.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
  • The first season of the series, based on Elle Kennedy’s smutty YA romance The Deal, follows Briar University juniors Hannah and Garrett, who pretend to date before their feelings for each other get all too real.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Definition of smutty
Adjective
  • That praise rings true more than a decade later thanks to joke after filthy joke, cameo after foul-mouthed cameo, scare after genuine scare.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
  • People were filthy in so many ways, so Mike really wrote that in.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Aside from the raunchy stuff, the movie asks a lot of the child actors.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The decision to launch a separate block of programming aimed at those viewers, filled with raunchy cartoons that actively subverted nostalgia and violent anime that couldn’t be shown during daytime hours, was logical.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of raunchy
Adjective
  • What if the creature from John Carpenter’s The Thing had a prurient interest in one of the researchers?
    — Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
  • If minors are sent nude or otherwise prurient photos, the images are blurred.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of prurient

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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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