What does unprintable mean?
Unprintable means Not printable; obscene, or unable to be displayed textually..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not printable; obscene, or unable to be displayed textually..
"There was poor old Wadley, of the Zoological Institute. Wadley sent a message: 'The President of the Zoological Institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger, and would take it as a personal favor if he would do them the honor to come to their next meeting.' The answer was unprintable." "You don't say?" "Well, a bowdlerized version of it would run: 'Professor Challenger presents his compliments to the President of the Zoological Institute, and would take it as a personal favor if he would go to the devil.'"
Once a neighbor complained that a Gilbreth had called the neighbor's boy a son of an unprintable word.
LabVIEW will interpret one- or two-character codes following the backslash character, as shown in Table 2.1. You can also enter unprintables by simply typing them into the string.
Use unprintable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unprintable means Not printable; obscene, or unable to be displayed textually..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include printable.
"There was poor old Wadley, of the Zoological Institute. Wadley sent a message: 'The President of the Zoological Institute presents his compliments to Professor Challenger, and would take it as a personal favor if he would do them the honor to come to their next meeting.' The answer was unprintable." "You don't say?" "Well, a bowdlerized version of it would run: 'Professor Challenger presents his compliments to the President of the Zoological Institute, and would take it as a personal favor if he would go to the devil.'"
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