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

Derived Forms

• unˈutterably, adverb
• unˈutterableness, noun

Other Words From

• un·utter·a·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unutterable¹

1580–90; un- ¹ + utterable ( def )

Example Sentences

Charlotte and Miranda, getting drunk, and telling the socially unutterable truth about how they sometimes hate their children?

From The Daily Beast

The infinite regression of meaning allowed Swift to utter unutterable illuminations about human existence.

From The Daily Beast

At this part of Lorenzo's narrative, a cry, unutterable in words, burst from the engloomed but steadfast bosom of his auditor.

From Project Gutenberg

Miss Winter glanced unutterable things at Margaret, and Ethel began to perceive she had done something wrong.

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It was thrown by a very dirty lamp, and disclosed a small court of unutterable meanness and inconceivable smells.

From Project Gutenberg

She danced with a graceful energy and looked unutterable things out of her great black eyes while talking of the weather.

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Conceive, if you can, the unutterable horror of life in this world without a few blessed human faults.

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