unnamable
Americanadjective
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When I think back on that period of my life, what I recall most viscerally is an unnamable sense of dread.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2017
Tim Burton’s earlier Batman movies may have seemed lighter on the surface, but they were more deeply infused with sadness, of an almost unnamable kind.
From Time ● Aug. 2, 2016
Consultants like Morris have worked hard to convince leaders in both parties that they should ignore the better angels of our nature and speak directly to our unnamable fears and desires.
From Salon ● May 15, 2016
In that moment of connection, you could imagine this music — passionate, unnamable — becoming part of local culture, one enhancing and cultivating the other.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2016
I do not search Mexican graveyards for ties to unnamable ancestors.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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