indefinable
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of indefinable
First recorded in 1800–10; in- 3 + definable ( def. )
Vocabulary lists containing indefinable
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That is what cinema is all about, an indefinable presence, faces full of expression, voices that cannot be easily replicated, eyes that channel energy that can move and frighten and surprise us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
He had that indefinable, invisible glow that changes the atmosphere and draws people in, like a sub-lethal dose of radiation.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
And that work, which exists in some indefinable terrain between off-the-rack categories like “traditional” and “modern,” is truly magnetic.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2022
The crushing of the belief that the Seattle ballclub, by dint of some indefinable flaw in their DNA, would always wilt and wither in crunchtime.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
She is altered in some indefinable way; she’s not injured, she’s not limping.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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