ineloquent
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- ineloquence noun
- ineloquently adverb
Etymology
Origin of ineloquent
First recorded in 1520–30, ineloquent is from the Late Latin word inēloquent- (stem of inēloquēns ). See in- 3, eloquent
Example Sentences
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He can only find selfless, vicarious satisfaction by feeding lines of passionate poetry to his rival-cum-alter-ego, the handsome but ineloquent hero Christian, who wins Roxane's heart.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2022
But most modern speeches reflect what Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the University of Pennsylvania has called the “conversational style”: not ineloquent, necessarily, but informal, plain-spoken.
From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2021
As he pounds out his ineloquent thoughts, he reads along: “You are a lone reed waving in the breeze, standing strong and tall in the corrupt sands of commerce.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 23, 2014
But a coach should hold himself to a higher standard than getting into ineloquent squabbles with players and fans.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2011
We would often smile at that ineloquent memorial and thought it a poor thing to come into the world at all and have no more behind one than Macbean.
From Memories and Portraits by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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