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Recent Examples of unpublishable
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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
Adjective
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The incident was captured on the broadcast, and after the game, Duran explained that his obscene gesture was in response to a fan crossing the line.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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The most common crime investigated by the unit was the distribution of obscene material depicting minors, followed by elder abuse and rape.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Swift’s likeness has been used without permission in numerous AI fakes, including by Meta’s AI chatbots and in pornographic images that have circulated on the internet.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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This material included thousands of pornographic deepfakes that Kamnik had generated using AI tools.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Critics have used many phrases to describe Donald Trump’s presidency, some of them unprintable.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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The list would be too long and many of the terms unprintable.—
Jack Greiner,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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According to his community of accusers, Swalwell is irredeemably, thoroughly, and violently indecent.—
John Phillips,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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This thing that brings us into the world can so quickly be deemed indecent.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Levinson’s series has long trafficked as a kind of smutty after-school special, not unlike how Ryan Murphy delves into some of the nastiest gore imaginable and then chastises us for watching.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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But is seeking such an escape a greater threat to authenticity than checking out by playing video games, watching sports, reading smutty novels or using drugs and alcohol?—
Adam Kadlac,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Food that needed to be trashed for age or temperature abuse, malodorous air and filthy food containers were among the 33 violations an inspector found at a popular Miami seafood restaurant.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2026
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The girl from Santo Domingo’s bajo mundo made her name rapping gleefully filthy dembow in space-punk regalia.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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More than two decades ago, Elizabeth rose to fame starring in American Pie, the 1999 raunchy comedy that followed a group of high school friends on a mission to lose their virginity before graduation.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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The actress' turn to OnlyFans recontextualizes Elizabeth's partially nude role in the 1999 raunchy teen comedy, as Nadia is recorded via webcam by hapless admirer Jim (Jason Biggs), without her knowledge, in an encounter that spirals into live spectacle.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Once printed, less prurient versions of these portraits would be displayed below the marquee at the Teatro Maipo, like religious icons in a vending machine, on the street-level exterior of the venue.—
Bryan Barcena,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Enter the more prurient, more indulgent, 77-minute Ænima.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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