Unprintable

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not printable; obscene, or unable to be displayed textually. not-comparable

    ""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.'""

Adjective
  1. 1
    unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is not printable.

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + printable.

Etymology 2

From un- + printable.

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