UNPUBLISHABLE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

unpublishable

adjective

Definition of unpublishable

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

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Adjective

In Russia, soldiers die at the front by the hundreds of thousands while politically compliant billionaires accumulate obscene fortunes.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
At the next timeout, an announcement was made asking fans to refrain from obscene chants.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of obscene

Adjective

Egyptian courts have tried blocking pornographic websites, but private online access remains widespread.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
On the day of the $50 million demand, a WeChat chat on one of her phones shows pornographic images arriving and being sent back with Victim-1’s face grafted on, the complaint says.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pornographic

Adjective

Officers charged 36-year-old Quinto Owens with two counts of felony indecent liberties against a student by a school administrator.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2026
He has been charged with murder, two counts of indecent behavior involving a minor, and concealing a corpse.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 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

By nature of a long and often Wonder Bread history for the halftime show, which took ages to warm to hip-hop, a Jay special presents the game with one of its raunchiest catalogues of hits to pull from.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Her work uses raunchy blue comedy to hide a desire to make a difference in this world.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of raunchy

Adjective

Some lamented the format—essentially a full-length rendition of the LP, nothing more; venues were downsized as excitement (and prurient interest in the album’s salacious subject matter) began to dull.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
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

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