inexpressible
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of inexpressible
First recorded in 1615–25; in- 3 + expressible ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Olga, another mourner who taught the younger daughter to draw, said both sisters were talented and outgoing, and described their death as an "inexpressible pain".
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
“Happy Place” is funny at points, but it is also the closest that Henry has come to writing an old-school melodrama, a heart-rending plot that struggles to express the inexpressible.
From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023
This includes what can be expressed and what is inexpressible, what leaders should or should not tell people and the whole inexplicable issue of worthiness and sacrifice for common good.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2020
And we were all sustained there with a savour inexpressible which satisfied us.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
The enormity of her debt was inexpressible, so she avoided him altogether.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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