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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. say the unsayable
    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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

There are clear consequences of ignoring an unsayable.

From BBC

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

From BBC

Even if it means saying what was previously unsayable.

From BBC

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

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