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Definition of “unutterable

unutterable (ʌnˈʌtərəbəllPronunciation for unutterable

Definitions

adjective

  1. incapable of being expressed in words

Alternative Forms

unˈutterableness noun unˈutterably adverb

Usage examples

  • I pulled on it, feeling unutterable relief when it came open easily to my touch.
    Pickard, Nancy, No Body (1987)
  • And try as I might, I can't connect a nervous fish or `fearful salmon" with the unutterable power of God's creation.
    New Scientist (1998)
  • 'People in charge here are afraid to utter the unutterable.
    Belfast Telegraph (2003)
  • One colleague wrote:'Her creativity even shone in the unutterable boredom of the Camouflage Records Section.
    Virginia Ironside, JANEY AND ME: Growing up with my Mother (2003)

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