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unpronounceable

American  
[uhn-pruh-nauns-uh-buhl] / ˌʌn prəˈnaʊns ə bəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be pronounced or uttered; too difficult to pronounce.


unpronounceable British  
/ ˌʌnprəˈnaʊnsəbəl /

adjective

  1. not able to be uttered or articulated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unpronounceability noun
  • unpronounceably adverb

Example Sentences

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Between omakase, small plates and cocktails with unpronounceable ingredients, even the most devoted foodies can get baffled when they walk into a restaurant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

This time around, the media is making a fuss about Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated’s suzetrigine, a newly FDA-approved painkiller that also goes by the equally unpronounceable brand name Journavx.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025

UPFs are defined by how many industrial processes they have been through and the number of ingredients - often unpronounceable - on their packaging.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2024

Sometimes you find out that the cousin you were raised with actually has an entirely different, utterly unpronounceable name.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2024

His was one of many gray tombstones in a line of foreign unpronounceable names.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat