unprintable

American  

[uhn-prin-tuh-buhl] / ʌnˈprɪn tə bəl /

adjective

1. improper or unfit for print, especially because of obscenity or offensiveness.

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unprintable British  

/ ʌnˈprɪntəbəl /

adjective

1. unsuitable for printing for reasons of obscenity, libel, bad taste, etc

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Other Word Forms

• unprintableness noun
• unprintably adverb

Etymology

Origin of unprintable

First recorded in 1855–60; un- ¹ + printable

Example Sentences

The same people showering Triple H with unprintable language were likely a little bit miffed to see Cena win his inevitable third, eighth or fifteenth championship.

From Salon

My first reaction to reading about a vote to close the library in Dayton was unprintable.

From Seattle Times

A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburetor, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one.

From Seattle Times

It was the fourth such song to make the Christmas charts for Essex comedian Andrew Liles, whose stage name is also unprintable on the BBC News site.

From BBC

He was an idiosyncratic combination of unprintable humor and unexpected interests, including hot British dance bands of the 1930s.

From Washington Post