as in silent
impossible to hear
She spoke so quietly that she was almost inaudible. The sound is inaudible to humans but can be heard by dogs.
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Recent Examples of inaudible
And that guy must have been the con man of all time (inaudible).
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Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
Cosmofonia explores the inaudible sounds and voices, including infrasonic vibrations, seismic noises, codes between different species, and acoustic traces of ecological collapse and survival.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
Too many of the brilliant things are sadly inaudible, especially if not spoken from the stage.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
The foil was easily damaged, the sound quality was distorted and squeaky, and the cylinder could be replayed only a few times before degrading and becoming inaudible.
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IEEE Spectrum,
6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for inaudible
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
Cosmofonia explores the inaudible sounds and voices, including infrasonic vibrations, seismic noises, codes between different species, and acoustic traces of ecological collapse and survival.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
Too many of the brilliant things are sadly inaudible, especially if not spoken from the stage.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
The foil was easily damaged, the sound quality was distorted and squeaky, and the cylinder could be replayed only a few times before degrading and becoming inaudible.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
6 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for inaudible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inaudible
Adjective
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That silent fear comes back as an earnout, where you only get paid if that client stays.
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Beyond the music, there are festive parades, workshops for making puppets or gardening, a 5K run, yoga, silent discos and much more.
Adjective
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Single dishes tend to be more sensitive and able to pick up faint radio waves from deeper in the cosmos, but radio arrays with many dishes tend to capture much sharper images.
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However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
Adjective
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But sometimes, hushed moments become the score’s most powerful statement.
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Not a hushed and reverent scene at all, lively and fun.
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“Inaudible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inaudible. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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