beyond description

phrase

: so as not capable of being described : to an extreme degree
The landscape is beautiful beyond description.

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This is where possibility chains move beyond description and become practical. — Frank Diana, Time, 12 Mar. 2026 The situation for Palestinians in Gaza is beyond description, beyond atrocious & beyond inhumane. — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025 The loss is just beyond description and my heart is shattered. — Dave Quinn, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025 Its children, receiving little formal education and having witnessed horrors beyond description, will face a future utterly without hope. — Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 Preventing and treating disease is a critical defense against famine risk, but Gaza’s health system has been devastated almost beyond description. — Hardin Lang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2024

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“Beyond description.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20description. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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