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un·men·tion·a·ble

(ŭn-mĕn′shə-nə-bəl)

adj.

Not fit to be mentioned or discussed; unspeakable: unmentionable words.

1. One that is not to be mentioned.

2. unmentionables Underclothes.

un·men′tion·a·ble·ness n.

un·men′tion·a·bly adv.

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unmentionable

(ʌnˈmɛnʃənəbəl)

adj

a. unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation

b. (as noun): the unmentionable.

unˈmentionableness n

unˈmentionably adv

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un•men•tion•a•ble

(ʌnˈmɛn ʃə nə bəl)

adj.

1. inappropriate, unfit, or improper to be mentioned; unspeakable.

2. something that is not to be mentioned.

3. unmentionables,

a. undergarments.

b. (formerly) trousers or breeches.

[1820–30]

un•men′tion•a•ble•ness, n.

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Noun	1.	unmentionable - a garment worn under other garments undergarment body stocking - a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs) bandeau, bra, brassiere - an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts camisole, underbodice - a short sleeveless undergarment for women chemise, shimmy, teddy, shift, slip - a woman's sleeveless undergarment foundation garment, foundation - a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" garter belt, suspender belt - a wide belt of elastic with straps hanging from it; worn by women to hold up stockings long underwear, union suit - an undergarment with shirt and drawers in one piece half-slip, petticoat, underskirt - undergarment worn under a skirt singlet, undershirt, vest - a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin underclothes, underclothing, underwear - undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
Adj.	1.	unmentionable - unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation; "unmentionable words" impermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior"

unmentionable

adjective taboo, forbidden, unspeakable, shocking, obscene, indecent, disgraceful, shameful, scandalous, X-rated (informal), frowned on, disreputable, immodest, unutterable Has he got some unmentionable disease?

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unmentionable

adjective

That may not be spoken of or uttered:

unspeakable.

Translations

irripetibile

unmentionable

[ʌnˈmenʃnəbl]

A. ADJ → que no se puede or quiere mencionar or nombrar

B. NPL unmentionables (o.f., hum) → prendas fpl íntimas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unmentionable

[ʌnˈmɛnʃ^ənəb^əl] adj [topic, word] → tabou

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unmentionable

adj → tabu pred; word also → unaussprechlich; to be unmentionable → tabu sein; to be an unmentionable subject → (als Thema) tabu sein; an unmentionable disease → eine Krankheit, über die man nicht spricht

pl the unmentionables (Brit hum dated) → die Unterwäsche f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unmentionable

[ʌnˈmɛnʃnəbl] adj (topic) → tabù inv; (vice, disease) → innominabile; (word) → irripetibile

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Collecting afresh all his energies, he directed Jukes in a low and brutal tone to shove the unmentionable instrument down his gory throat.

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He drew Jurgis out, and heard all about his life all but the one unmentionable thing; and then he told stories about his own life.

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It began by calling me Pig, and from that went crescendo into unmentionable adjectives--in English.

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"What the unmentionable to ears polite, do you think I want with rouge?" "No offence, sir," said the Griffin; "we have it asked for by so many names, I thought it might be." Now that, my child,' continued Miss Mowcher, rubbing all the time as busily as ever, 'is another instance of the refreshing humbug I was speaking of.

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Have you noticed how the colour's changed in your feet,and especially your toes,'' she asked after examining my feet and pronouncing the nails indeed squished by shoes and not full of some unmentionable fungal infection.

lifeLINE: AGAINST THE CLOCK; Years spent in climbing boots left my toenails looking like something a mutant Hobbit would keep hidden

Richard Hatch's Survivor triumph is uncannily representative of the Lavender Revolution's cultural advance, which is also the result of sophisticated psychological manipulation -- so sophisticated that most Americans have little concept of the scope and rapidity with which the unmentionable vice has gone mainstream.

Unmentionable vice goes mainstream: homosexuality's rapid rise from unmentionable vice to celebrated minority status is part of a campaign to subvert Judeo-Christian culture. (Cover Story: Culture War)

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