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unpublishable

  • a word derived from publish.
    publish
    verb (used with object)
    to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.

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Caleb worked really hard on an unpublishable novel.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 18, 2022

Ms. Knight, after extensive work with Mr. Bolton to change his draft to eliminate classified information, had told his team informally in April that it no longer had any unpublishable material.

From New York Times Sep. 23, 2020

I spoke to Evans about the process of writing Broad Band, the value of data preservation, and her book’s original, unpublishable title.

From The Verge Mar. 5, 2018

Largely through dumb luck, I produced a publishable article about the US Postal Service, and then, through native incompetence, I wrote an unpublishable piece about the Sierra Club.

From The Guardian Nov. 4, 2017

As far as the NSA was concerned, that made his article into a weapon, and therefore unpublishable.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow