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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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Lauren Elliott, though, was a designer at Broderbund Games, working in a former liquor store beneath a sign that said DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY REDUCTION DEPARTMENT alongside an impish ex-Disney animator named Gene Portwood who often doodled Mickey Mouse in obscene poses.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Using obscene or abusive language Any use of profanity, insults or abusive language is prohibited under the FDCPA.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One student, in particular, was sent a pornographic deepfake of his upper school classmate on the communications app Discord, apparently in error.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Founded in 2016 by British father and son Guy and Tim Stokely, OnlyFans rose to fame by hosting pornographic material forbidden on most social networks.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The list would be too long and many of the terms unprintable.—
Jack Greiner,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Feb. 2026
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Things went on, punch and counterpunch, over who did what with which social media posts and why At one point, Tamra and Emily Simpson got into a side fight, calling each other the same unprintable word several times.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This comment was not just indecent.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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West pleaded guilty in 2000 to five counts of taking indecent liberties with children and was released from state custody in 2006, the (Raleigh) News & Observer reported in 2012 when West stepped down as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention over revelations about his past.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Moments of physical intimacy between his protagonists are often relayed in rigid and frustratingly inexpressive language, which occasionally veers into the tiringly smutty.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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The smutty gay hockey show is largely about closeted athletes Ilya (Connor Storrie) and Shane (Hudson Williams), but at the end of episode five, the series’ secondary couple goes public.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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On January 7, Saman wrote me that two of her Afghan neighbors had just been arrested and sent to a deportation camp that was rumored to be filthy, cold, and overcrowded.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2026
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The filmmaker shows a strong handle over the film’s fanciful tone and fitfully filthy sense of humor, and he’s credited with composing the film’s score full of squawking brass instruments and skittish strings in addition to writing, directing and editing.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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First the stars marveled at how much time had passed since the blockbuster broke box office records and redefined female comedy by proving to Hollywood doubters that women, just like men, could be both funny and raunchy.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
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But the pair had plenty to say about making their classic comedy, which proved definitively that women could both write and headline a raunchy ensemble comedy —getting drunk on planes, vomiting in wedding dress shops, and having diarrhea in the street.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 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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