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inexpressible

adjective

in·​ex·​press·​ible ˌi-nik-ˈspre-sə-bəl How to pronounce inexpressible (audio)
: not capable of being expressed : indescribable
inexpressible joy
inexpressibility noun
inexpressibleness noun
inexpressibly adverb

Example Sentences

overcome by an inexpressible awe at the sight of the thunderous waterfall
Recent Examples on the Web As Joe, Walker has a nearly campy intensity that captures the inexpressible fear of war’s consequences at the root of the role—and that the script itself, by Robert Nathan and Joseph Schrank, catches. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 10 June 2022 Now, finally, the cell itself dissolves away into an abstract chemical machine—and that into some intangible, inexpressible flow of energy. Loren C. Eiseley, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 And your desire to continue to excavate and express the inexpressible doesn’t leave you. New York Times, 21 Apr. 2022 Losing his best friend was an inexpressible loss, but there was little time to grieve. The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2022 During the Vietnam era, according to these studies, these women were full of inexpressible rage against both their absent husbands and the pressures to satisfy their husbands’ emotional needs while endlessly stifling their own. Charlotte Gray, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022 The scope of something inexpressible, a mammoth, ungraspable intimation, had overtaken him. Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 The narrative uses native wildflowers and plants to depict the inexpressible. Katherine Tulich, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021 Few people, even once in their lives, dare to make the inexpressible real. Tove Ditlevsen, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of inexpressible was in 1625

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