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Unutterable

//(ˌ)ʌnˈʌt(ə)ɹəbl̩// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not utterable; incapable of being physically spoken or voiced; unpronounceable.
  2. 2
    Incapable of being articulated or expressed; indescribable, inexpressible.

    "unutterable anguish"

  3. 3
    Not allowed to be spoken; taboo, unspeakable.

    "Hovv oft the humble Scholar came, / And to your Songs he rais'd his Ears / To learn the Unutterable Name, / To view the Eternal Baſe that bears / The Nevv Creations Frame."

  4. 4
    Extremely bad or objectionable; unspeakable. figuratively

    "These unutterable people upon the telephone have already ruined my morning's work, so that a little more can hardly matter."

Adjective
  1. 1
    very difficult to pronounce correctly wordnet
  2. 2
    defying expression or description wordnet
  3. 3
    too sacred to be uttered wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something which is unutterable (incapable of being physically spoken, incapable of being articulated or expressed, etc.).

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + utterable.

Etymology 2

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + utterable.

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