Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unmentionable

/ənmˈɛnʃənəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: un-men-tion-able
IPA: /ənmˈɛnʃənəbəl/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Too embarrassing or shocking to be discussed.

noun

Something not to be discussed in polite society.

Example Sentences

"I'm a lesbian female, 20 years old and my most outstanding features are my pierced unmentionable and my eyes."
"He was taught from childhood that the world does not condone homosexuality and that it is an unmentionable of decent people."
"Here, after all, was the circle round which Forster passed the manuscript of his novel Maurice which conveyed so much about being 'an unmentionable of the Oscar Wilde sort'."

Etymology

From un- + mentionable.

Inflected Forms

more unmentionable (comparative) most unmentionable (superlative) unmentionables (plural)

Derived Forms

unmentionableness unmentionables unmentionably

Synonyms

undergarment

Antonyms

mentionable

Questions

How do you pronounce unmentionable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənmˈɛnʃənəbəl/.
What does unmentionable mean?: Too embarrassing or shocking to be discussed.
Where does unmentionable come from?: From un- + mentionable.

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