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unsayable

/ ʌnˈseɪəbəl /

adjective

  1. too insulting, indecent, etc, to be said

“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


noun

  1. to express an opinion thought to be too controversial to mention

“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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So what would insiders - both current and former - put on their list of issues that are still unsayable for this new government?

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There are clear consequences of ignoring an unsayable.

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Now, the new government has been pushed to do something unpalatable - early releases on a big scale - because the unsayable went unsaid.

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Even if it means saying what was previously unsayable.

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Their approach, to say the unsayable and risk sanction is nothing new.

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