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 Aug. 2026.

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