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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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Weiner pled guilty to transferring obscene material to a minor in 2017 and spent 15 months in federal prison for the crime.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Texas Tech’s student section directed an obscene chant at Kansas’ Darryn Peterson as the freshman guard prepared to shoot a free throw late in the first half of the Jayhawks’ 64-61 victory over the Red Raiders on Monday night at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The speakers took questions from concerned parents, who asked about the use of artificial intelligence to create pornographic images — a growing threat on social media — and what law enforcement will do about trafficking as the World Cup approaches.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Feb. 2026
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Douglas Wiederhold, 42, who appeared as the male actor in 71 of the website’s pornographic videos, pleaded guilty in 2024 to a federal conspiracy charge for his involvement with the now-defunct site.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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Tow truck drivers have been called a lot of unprintable names over the years in Miami and a federal case filed Friday won’t help things.—
Adrian Ruhi,
Miami Herald,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Officers cited her for indecent conduct.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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She was arrested again this week on a new charge of indecent behavior with juveniles, KADN reported.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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
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There's no shame in admitting that one of the draws of HBO has always been the somewhat smutty stuff, and new French-language drama The Seduction looks to deliver on that.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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This neighborhood, peopled almost entirely by the people who claim to have been driven from Poland and Russia, is the eyesore of New York and perhaps the filthiest place on the western continent.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Rodents, roaches, flies and knives stored in filthy places were among the myriad violations on this week’s Sick and Shut Down List of South Florida restaurants that failed state inspection.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Stamptown is a raunchy and chaotic, full-on fever dream featuring the most eclectic performances from around the world.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Back in May, Momoa accompanied Arjona to the Cannes Film Festival to premiere her raunchy comedy Splitsville.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Enter the more prurient, more indulgent, 77-minute Ænima.—
Jeremy D. Larson,
Pitchfork,
25 Jan. 2026
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In response, Baxter and many other trans artists prefer to play with such perceptions, frustrating the gaze of prurient onlookers.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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