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Recent Examples of unspeakably
And finally… The death of seven PAOK supporters in a road accident last week was an unspeakably awful tragedy, and one that will hang over the club for a long time.
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
But tackling the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids in three dimensions is unspeakably difficult, so mathematicians have started with easier versions of the problem.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
My two nights at Glastonbury were unspeakably fabulous.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Denying families who are just getting their feet on the ground in their new American communities is unspeakably misguided, especially when denying basic nutritional assistance undermines their ability to achieve self-sufficiency and stability as quickly as possible.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2025
To borrow an entire kitchen and dining room is another, unspeakably rude thing.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
But tackling the Navier-Stokes equations for fluids in three dimensions is unspeakably difficult, so mathematicians have started with easier versions of the problem.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
My two nights at Glastonbury were unspeakably fabulous.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Denying families who are just getting their feet on the ground in their new American communities is unspeakably misguided, especially when denying basic nutritional assistance undermines their ability to achieve self-sufficiency and stability as quickly as possible.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2025
To borrow an entire kitchen and dining room is another, unspeakably rude thing.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspeakably
Adverb
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Safety measures were grossly inadequate.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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So, to be clear, that 14 billion number is grossly overstated.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
22 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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If that were true, record numbers of small owners wouldn’t be staring down foreclosure and bankruptcy due to past rent freezes and years of miniscule rent adjustments that failed miserably to address across-the-board increases in building operating costs and expenses.—
Ann Korchak,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Her strategy failed miserably as lawmakers refused to give in to her demands.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Given those and other variables, local property experts say the government didn’t egregiously overpay.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Pastrnak was tripped by Aleksei Protas trying to break out of his own zone and it was egregiously let go by the officials.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Jonathan Haidt, in his career as a wide-ranging social psychologist, has been flagrantly right about at least one big thing.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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This has become a flagrantly abusive practice.—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Unspeakably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspeakably. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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