how to pronounce unspeakable

/ənˈspiːkəbəl/

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unspeakable is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of unspeakable in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… victim of the unspeakable horrors of …”

meanings of unspeakable

adjective:

Incapable of being spoken or uttered.
Unfit or not permitted to be spoken or described.
Extremely bad or objectionable.

unspeakable frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word unspeakable occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics unspeakable can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that unspeakable can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;