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Recent Examples of unpublishable
Another invective suggesting an unhealthy and unpublishable appreciation of sheep emerged from the Irish actor's mouth and astounded Devine.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
The book was probably unpublishable.
—Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
Turner also said the current academic standard and research grant system is less supportive of the type of time-consuming work, often resulting in unpublishable findings, that will be required to thoroughly understand and investigate the rock record of early animal evolution.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2021
While an official record of that call would be presumptively classified, if the White House press secretary has disclosed the call’s existence and some of its details, the prepublication review standards would not flag a manuscript’s similar discussion of the call as classified and unpublishable.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
The book was probably unpublishable.
—Deborah Cohen, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
Turner also said the current academic standard and research grant system is less supportive of the type of time-consuming work, often resulting in unpublishable findings, that will be required to thoroughly understand and investigate the rock record of early animal evolution.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2021
While an official record of that call would be presumptively classified, if the White House press secretary has disclosed the call’s existence and some of its details, the prepublication review standards would not flag a manuscript’s similar discussion of the call as classified and unpublishable.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
Adjective
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After the man told the boy to get out of the road, the juvenile responded with cursing and an obscene gesture, the report said.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Stop into any local bakery and ask for their specialty, many of which contain obscene amounts of egg yolks.—
Jess Fleming,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Che and Jost give each other savage one-liners — unprintable, in some cases.—
Andy Hoglund Updated,
EW.com,
18 May 2025
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Conservative commentators piled on as well, with the network’s Lisa Kennedy Montgomery used an unprintable insult to call Crockett an attention-seeker.—
Saul Elbein,
The Hill,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The juvenile in Canada was charged with indecent communications, uttering threats, public mischief and mischief over $5,000.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Cowan was arrested in August 2011 and charged with Daniel’s murder, indecent treatment and interfering with a corpse, the report states.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Season one is a smutty yet wonderful crescendo of self-destruction driven by a cast of characters that includes Fleabag’s intensely awkward sister Claire (Sian Clifford), her selfish and pretentious stepmother (Olivia Colman), and her clueless father (Bill Paterson).—
Matt Kamen,
WIRED,
30 Nov. 2024
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Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations?—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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After being fired from SNL, Silverman scored a part playing a misunderstood filthy comedy writer on The Larry Sanders Show, Shandling’s classic send-up of the talk-show game.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
18 May 2025
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Who doesn’t rinse out (and ideally wash) a filthy blender filled with milky stuff?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The project marks Lawrence's first since her raunchy 2023 comedy No Hard Feelings, and puts her back in the awards conversation after her last Oscar nomination in 2016 for Joy.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
18 May 2025
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During the Secret Lives cast trip, the staff at Vanderpump Villa were getting raunchy.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Then it was replaced by prurient talk about a nude shot.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2025
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During this time, Law was hounded by the press and made into an object of prurient fascination and lust.—
Ramin Setoodeh,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Norman Riemer, 54, was arrested on April 30 and is facing five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation against a victim under the age of 12.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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He was convicted of two counts of human trafficking and three counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with girls under 16.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2025
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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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