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Definition of "unsayable" []

  • Not readily spoken or expressed: unsayable fears. (adjective)
  • Something not readily said. (noun)
  • Something unfit to be said. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "unsayable" in a sentence
  • "Although much of the early history of the restaurant is "unsayable" - according to Sir George, that's only partly due to the romantic liaisons which started there."
  • "Very often you don’t know what that is, but if you get to a state where you almost stumble upon what the unsayable is for you, you recognise it."
  • "For all that blogging has, at least partly, grown up around saying the unsayable, that is not the point of what follows."