unpublishable

adjective

un·​pub·​lish·​able ˌən-ˈpə-bli-shə-bəl How to pronounce unpublishable (audio)

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Most of my writing energy went into composing my vast unpublishable novels, one and then another. Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 22 Aug. 2024 Contemporary critics tend to breeze through the last two decades of Schwartz’s life, hitting only the saddest events: the second divorce; the increasing alcoholism; the unpublishable poems, many written during bouts of mania; the money problems; the undignified death. Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 Danielle Carr Given too much room to roam, an Adderall article or essay can become overly ambitious, wandering and sprawling out into a totally unreadable (and unpublishable) manifesto that usually ends up foundering under the weight of overload. Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2024 Wayne acknowledged the catch with some unpublishable praise. Calum McAndrew, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unpublishable 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1670, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unpublishable was circa 1670

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“Unpublishable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpublishable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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