Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not fit to be printed, especially because of being offensive or indecent.
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- adjective Not
printable ;obscene , or that cannot be displayedtextually . - noun Something that is not printable.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste
Etymologies
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Examples
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They also star as Ronnie and Sammi, whose hot/cold romance is celebrated in an impassioned duet with a title unprintable here.
NYT > Home Page By DAVID ROONEY 2011
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Commenting on the Post's hiring of Mr. Ayers, conservative blogger Ace of Spades called Mrs. Huffington a name unprintable in a family newspaper and then looked on the half-full part of the glass.
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Beyond that lay Gordon’s land, a graveyard for Conservatives, home of the murky Scottish Labour party and a press corps whom Mr Blair once described with a phrase unprintable in this magazine.
John Rentoul today puts Trevor Kavanagh and myself in the... 2008
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With every second word unprintable, McCrimmon anathematized the world in general and Alexandria in particular for five full minutes without repeating himself once.
The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985
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The collection's title unprintable here was a reference to the late G. G. Allin, a punk musician infamous for mutilating himself on stage.
NYT > Home Page By AUSTIN CONSIDINE 2011
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Codes below 32 were called unprintable and were used for cussing.
Public marks 2010
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When I'm called unprintable names merely for expressing my skepticism about the relevance of Darwin's theory to the practice of medicine, I've already won the 'ethos' and 'pathos' skirmishes.
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When I'm called unprintable names merely for expressing my skepticism about the relevance of Darwin's theory to the practice of medicine, I've already won the 'ethos' and 'pathos' skirmishes.
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It is true that independent and dispassionate criticism of the so-called 'unprintable' books, criticism in the common interest of publishers, authors, and readers, is now almost nonexistent.
Unprintable 1969
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It is true that independent and dispassionate criticism of the so-called 'unprintable' books, criticism in the common interest of publishers, authors, and readers, is now almost nonexistent.
Unprintable 1923
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