unutterable
Americanadjective
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not communicable by utterance; unspeakable; beyond expression.
unutterable joy.
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not utterable; not pronounceable.
an unutterable foreign word.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unutterableness noun
- unutterably adverb
Etymology
Origin of unutterable
1580–90; un- 1 + utterable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Mark Twain” is a masterful exploration of the magnificent highs and unutterable lows of an American literary genius.
From Los Angeles Times
Soon after the Rwanda policy was announced, he issued an Easter message about the "unutterable tragedy" of those who had been "forced to flee their country and seek shelter far from home".
From BBC
He feared his heirs might become "unutterable snobs."
From Salon
The whole scene was an unutterable mixture of comedy and pathos.
From Literature
To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression.
From Scientific American
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