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unprintable

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un·print·a·ble  (n-prnt-bl)
adj.
Not proper for publication for legal or social reasons: unprintable remarks.
unprintable [ʌnˈprɪntəbəl]
adj
(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) unsuitable for printing for reasons of obscenity, libel, bad taste, etc.
unprintableness  n
unprintably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unprintable - unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste; "an unprintable epithet"; "unprintable pictures"
printable - fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable; "printable language"
Translations
unprintable [ˈʌnˈprɪntəbl] ADJ
1. (= unpublishable) [article] → impublicable
2. (hum) (= shocking) [story] → impublicable; [remark, comment] → irrepetible
unprintable [ʌnˈprɪntəbəl] adj → qu'on ne peut pas répéter
some quite unprintable stories → des histoires qu'on ne peut pas se permettre de répéter
unprintable
adj → nicht druckfähig; his answer was unprintable → seine Antwort war nicht druckreif
unprintable [ʌnˈprɪntəbl] adj → non pubblicabile (fig) (word, remark) → irripetibile
unprintable [ʌnˈprɪntəbl] adj → non pubblicabile (fig) (word, remark) → irripetibile


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Arrived at the hotel, he sat down to write the letter--doubted--and tore it up--doubted again--and began again--doubted once more--and tore up the second letter--rose to his feet--and owned to himself (in unprintable language) that he couldn't for the life of him decide which was safest--to write or to wait.
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If a commoner gave a noble even so much as a Damiens-scratch which didn't kill or even hurt, he got Damiens' dose for it just the same; they pulled him to rags and tatters with horses, and all the world came to see the show, and crack jokes, and have a good time; and some of the performances of the best people present were as tough, and as properly unprintable, as any that have been printed by the pleasant Casanova in his chapter about the dismember- ment of Louis XV.
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Abuse unprintable as well as friendly advice was hurled at him.
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