unmentionable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unmentionable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈmenʃənəbl]
How to pronounce unmentionable in American English:
US [ʌnˈmɛnʃənəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- unsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation
Word Origin
- unmentionable (adj.)
- 1837, from un- (1) "not" + mentionable (adj.). Humorous use of unmentionables "trousers" is attested from 1823; from 1910 as "underwear," both on notion of "articles of dress not to be mentioned in polite circles."
Example
- 1. Why do people have so much trouble mentioning that unmentionable state ?
- 2. Depression is a lot more manageable once you 've uttered the unmentionable to people who ought to know .
- 3. In our dreams we meet colleagues in all sorts of odd situations , covered in cheese or doing other unmentionable things .