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inarticulateMain Entry: 1in·ar·tic·u·late Pronunciation: \-kyə-lət\ Function: adjective Etymology: Late Latin inarticulatus, from Latin in- + articulatus, past participle of articulare to utter distinctly — more at articulate Date: 1603 1 a of a sound : uttered or formed without the definite articulations of intelligible speech b (1) : incapable of speech especially under stress of emotion : mute (2) : incapable of being expressed by speech <inarticulate fear> (3) : not voiced or expressed : unspoken <society functions on many inarticulate premises> — in·ar·tic·u·late·ly adverb — in·ar·tic·u·late·ness noun
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