unwritable
Cannot be written
Something unwritable cannot be written—either physically or conceptually.
A corrupted disk may be unwritable.
Some experiences feel unwritable, too complex or painful to capture in words: The grief was unwritable; I stared at the blank page for hours.
Also spelled unwriteable.
Cannot be put into words
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- indescribableCannot be put into words
- unutterableImpossible to express verbally
wordless · transcendent · sublime · numinous · mystical · sacred · divine · ethereal
Suppressed from publication
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- suppressedForcibly held down
- redactedOfficially removed from view
classified · prohibited · secret · silenced · unprintable · restricted · confidential · off-limits
Cannot be read
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- untranscribableCannot be put into text
- unrecordableImpossible to preserve
- unformattableCannot be given structure
inexpressible
Cannot be put into words
- ineffableBeyond verbal expression
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- indescribableCannot be put into words
unutterable · wordless · transcendent · sublime · numinous · mystical · sacred · divine · ethereal · profound
censored
Suppressed from publication
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- suppressedForcibly held down
redacted · classified · prohibited · secret · silenced · unprintable · restricted · confidential · off-limits · blacklisted
illegible
Cannot be read
- unreadableCannot be deciphered
- untranscribableCannot be put into text
- unrecordableImpossible to preserve
stymied
Blocked from progressing
- stuckUnable to move
- impasseSituation without resolution
- frustrationDispleasure from blocked efforts
paralysis · stalled · blocked · inhibited · frozen · struggling · drafts · crumpled · cursor · deadline
unwritablewritable
Capable of receiving text
writeable · recordable · transcribable · editable · printable
unwritableexpressible
Able to be conveyed
articulable · describable · communicable · capturable · utterable
write, writeable, writable, written, writing, writes, wrote, writer, writers