unutterable

[uhn-uht-er-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. not communicable by utterance; unspeakable; beyond expression.

   unutterable joy.

2. not utterable; not pronounceable.

   an unutterable foreign word.

unutterable

/ ʌnˈʌtərəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being expressed in words

Other Word Forms

• unutterably adverb
• unutterableness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unutterable¹

1580–90; un- ¹ + utterable ( def. )

Example Sentences

“Mark Twain” is a masterful exploration of the magnificent highs and unutterable lows of an American literary genius.

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Soon after the Rwanda policy was announced, he issued an Easter message about the "unutterable tragedy" of those who had been "forced to flee their country and seek shelter far from home".

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The idea of a geopolitically autonomous Europe acting independently of the United States — a vision historically dear to the French — is rapidly becoming unutterable.

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He feared his heirs might become "unutterable snobs."

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The whole scene was an unutterable mixture of comedy and pathos.

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