NC-17

[ en-see-sev-uhn-teen ]

/ ˈɛnˈsiˌsɛv ənˈtin /

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abbreviation

Trademark. no children 17 and under: a rating assigned to a movie by the Motion Picture Association of America advising that persons under the age of 18 will not be admitted to a theater showing the film.

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Origin of NC-17

An American designation established as a replacement for the rating designation X³ (def. 8) in 1990

Words nearby NC-17

N-bomb, NBS, NBT test, NbW, NC, NC-17, NCAA, N.C.C., NCCJ, NCCL, NCEA

How to use NC-17 in a sentence

“My film got slammed with an NC-17 for a scene of ‘suggested’ oral sex,” wrote Kramer.
Oral Sex Comes of Age in Hollywood: ‘Gone Girl’ the Latest Film to Showcase Female Pleasure|Marlow Stern|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The airdrop mission consisted of a C-17 and two C-130 aircraft that were escorted by two F-18 fighters.
Obama’s Iraq Plan Has a Killer Flaw—and Airstrikes Alone May Not Save It|Jacob Siegel|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But we still came up with a few items—including those Mi-17 helicopters the Pentagon bought.
Obama: Russia ‘Doesn’t Make Anything’ (Except for These Weapons He Buys)|Asawin Suebsaeng|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All sides agreed that it was brought down by a Buk antiaircraft missile, also known as a SA-17 Grizzly in NATO terminology.
MH17 Black Box ‘Sent to Moscow for Investigation’|Anna Nemtsova|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Moravian settlers in NC were the first Americans to officially celebrate the 4th of July.
The First Americans to Observe the 4th Were Moravian Pacifists|Linda C. Brinson|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At the uppermost pool (G-17) only small green sunfish were found.
Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties, Kansas|Artie L. Metcalf
The next trans-Atlantic flight was made about a month after the NC-4 had blazed the air route across the ocean.
The Romance of Aircraft|Lawrence Yard Smith
The B-17 bombers, however, were heavily armed and could defend themselves fairly well.
The Biography of a Rabbit|Roy Benson
In seconds, the gleaming white dot crawled across the surface of the tri-dim chart from sector C-17 to sector S-1.
A Place in the Sun|C.H. Thames
Hes in C-17 now, one of the men said as a gleaming whiteness was suddenly superimposed at a single point on the blue.
A Place in the Sun|C.H. Thames