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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

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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

A year and a half after meeting, Nick and I exchanged vows in Marina del Rey, and I adopted his unpronounceable last name.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 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

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

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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