unpublishable

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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for unpublishable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpublishable
Adjective
  • Its upper reaches are the playground for obscene displays of wealth.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Racist and obscene comments from some of the event’s early speakers were clipped and flagged by popular X users like @Acyn and Aaron Rupar.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • In the seventh inning, the chant toward Fisher became unprintable.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The sounds of people laughing were interrupted by loud thuds of heads hitting rocks or pipes, followed by more laughing — and words unprintable in a family newspaper.
    Mark E. Potts, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
Adjective
  • Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.
    al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Because there are more good people than indecent ones.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Are any of these turns worth sitting through nine hours of smutty true crime recreations?
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Novelist Emily Gould writes about the new genre of smutty books for The Cut.
    Alexi McCammond, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Adjective
  • Keepin’ Tabs Hey speaking of Google, the company also announced some good news for all of us filthy browser tab hoarders.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
  • At the same time, this is a movie about a woman who begins craving raw meat, grows a few extra nipples, and wakes up every morning filthy from running around in the dirt all night.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • The sources of those comments were raunchy comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, TV personality Dr. Phil, Trump advisor Stephen Miller, Fox personality and Trump-whisperer Sean Hannity, longtime Trump friend David Rem, and Trump himself.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Likewise, Tommy Dorfman, doubling as the Nurse and Tybalt—Juliet’s raunchy nanny and her violent cousin—seems more invested in showing off her outfits than in crafting two distinctive, compelling human beings.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • 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
  • Apart from prurient interest, why should any of us really care?
    Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The results can be hilarious, as when Costanzo’s lower register pours out of Venturi, who swaggers and stamps her way across the stage as the lascivious Count Almaviva, a femme form joyously channeling ridiculous machismo.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Footage from the early days of her rap aspirations show her mother, who was also her manager, coaching Megan on the right way to punctuate certain words in her rhymes and shooting ad hoc music videos from lascivious angles.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpublishable. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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