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One that is not to be mentioned or discussed. (plural)

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Usage examples (35)
  • Noun : That subject was classed among the unmentionables
  • I have like 60 pairs of socks and unmentionables, meaning I only have to do laundry 6 times a year.
  • This is not about "unmentionables" but rather a different visual unmentionable: the pictures of our current wars dead, wounded, and dying.
  • London has been walled off, and the countryside is riddled with zombies (politely referred to as "unmentionables").
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