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unpronounceable

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un·pro·nounce·a·ble  (npr-nouns-bl)
adj.
1. Difficult or impossible to pronounce correctly: an unpronounceable last name.
2. Not fit to be mentioned.
unpronounceable [ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbəl]
adj
not able to be uttered or articulated
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unpronounceableunpronounceable - impossible or difficult to pronounce correctly
pronounceable - capable of being uttered or pronounced; "a pronounceable group of letters"
2.unpronounceableunpronounceable - very difficult to pronounce correctly; "an unpronounceable foreign word"; "unutterable consonant clusters"
unutterable
incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
Translations
unpronounceable [ˈʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbl] ADJ → impronunciable
unpronounceable [ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbəl] adj → imprononçable
unpronounceable
adj → unaussprechbar; that word is unpronounceable → das Wort ist nicht auszusprechen
unpronounceable [ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbl] adj → impronunciabile
unpronounceable [ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbl] adj → impronunciabile


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While writing this book, fully a quarter of a century since, it occurred to us that the French name of this lake was too complicated, the American too commonplace, and the Indian too unpronounceable, for either to be used familiarly in a work of fiction.
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