unprintable
adjective
un·print·able
ˌən-ˈprin-tə-bəl 
: unfit to be printed
especially
: too obscene or offensive to be shown in print
unprintable epithets
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Perhaps the most memorable number is the one with an unprintable title that invites the audience to flip off Ted Cruz.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
However Hedges wanted to tell the day’s story — through video, graphics or various unprintable acts — was fine with him.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
In the seventh inning, the chant toward Fisher became unprintable.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025
However Hedges wanted to tell the day’s story — through video, graphics or various unprintable acts — was fine with him.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Roman drivers finally got some relief on Monday when, after 450 days of traffic chaos and unprintable curses, a ribbon-cutting ceremony heralded the opening of an underpass along the Tiber River near the Vatican that immediately cleared traffic from what is now Rome’s largest pedestrian area.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
In the seventh inning, the chant toward Fisher became unprintable.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Unprintable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unprintable. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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unprintable
adjective
un·print·able
ˌən-ˈprint-ə-bəl
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: unfit to be printed
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