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
  • Last year, after signing a $132 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers following a trade, he was docked another $26,000 for fighting and making an obscene gesture.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • There was a dog’s leg that had been sewn on near a man’s crotch in a way that seemed like an obscene visual pun.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of obscene
Adjective
  • Authorities say the girl was subsequently subjected to threats, emotional blackmail, surveillance and physical violence and forced to produce pornographic material and participate in online webcam sessions.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The sheriff’s office said Ahlers had hundreds, and possibly thousands, of pornographic photos and videos of children on his hard drive.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 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
  • 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
  • But Langham’s reputation soured in late 2006 when he was charged with 15 counts of downloading indecent images of children.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 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
  • People were filthy in so many ways, so Mike really wrote that in.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
  • While sinks can become filthy from soap splatters and dirty hands, toilets need cleaning for very different reasons.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of filthy
Adjective
  • Joey King has the Practical Magic 2 cast dying over a raunchy joke.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Out of the Further at the box office this weekend is Black Bear Pictures’ Spa Weekend, a new raunchy comedy written and directed by The Hangover and Bad Moms scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 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 14 Sep. 2026.

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