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unmentionable
[ uhn-men-shuh-nuh-buhl ]
adjective
- not mentionable; inappropriate, unfit, or improper for mention, as in polite conversation; unspeakable.
noun
- something that is not to be mentioned:
That subject was classed among the unmentionables.
- unmentionables,
- (formerly) trousers or breeches.
unmentionable
/ ʌnˈmɛnʃənəbəl /
adjective
- unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
- ( as noun )
the unmentionable
Derived Forms
- unˈmentionableness, noun
- unˈmentionably, adverb
Other Words From
- un·mention·a·ble·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of unmentionable1
Example Sentences
But it’s the one-two punch of mentioning comedy’s unmentionable performer and the cancel culture boogeyman that generated headlines and tossed lighter fluid and a flipped Zippo onto the social media discourse.
That relationship, once an unmentionable topic, is now on the agenda of the winning party.
Her continued focus on class, the great American unmentionable, made Ms. Tax a distinct voice.
Slavery was the unmentionable family secret, or the proverbial elephant in the middle of the room.
Family friends recalled Irina McCarthy as her mother’s best friend and their own children’s favorite babysitter, who calmly read aloud the definitions of “various unmentionable words” as the kids giggled endlessly.
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