as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
some indefinable quality makes that movie star very appealing
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Recent Examples of indefinable
This East Coast city earns high marks year after year for its various dining options, museums, and the indefinable, electric energy of the city that never sleeps.
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Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
Her work often explores indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature.
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Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
When the two creatives become housemates, an indefinable friendship sparks.
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Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
24 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for indefinable
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
Her work often explores indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature.
—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
When the two creatives become housemates, an indefinable friendship sparks.
—
Lizz Schumer,
Peoplemag,
24 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for indefinable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indefinable
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The South American squad secured the $350,000 prize and trophy after an incredible lower bracket run, overcoming an early playoff loss to Paper Rex.
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Instead, Curaçao goalkeeper Eloy Room made an incredible 15 saves and Ecuador walked away with a humbling result against an opponent it was heavily favored to beat.
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With the games having kicked off, the sport has shown its ineffable power to supplant crass and capitalistic overreach.
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Courtesy of the City of Orlando Overall, the leafy memorial’s open-space concept uplifts and seems to point skyward toward the ineffable.
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There has been an indescribable joy sweeping New York City as of late, thanks to an unprecedented week of athletic endeavors.
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From there, make room for Karolina Wydra, in a very tricky and indescribable Pluribus role; Allison Janney as the ultimate sparring partner in The Diplomat; and Amanda Peet, constantly threatening to steal Your Friends and Neighbors entirely.
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If everything is systematically interlinked, then life’s transcendent beauty is inextricable from its inexpressible horrors and outright silliness, like the jarring swings between slapstick and tragedy in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon.
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Instead, there were chuckles to hold back anger and carefully chosen words to express what felt inexpressible.
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When once-unspeakable truths break through and are finally said aloud, that is a win.
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The prosecution claims David did this unspeakable crime while in the grips of a night terror, and his friends and family seemingly believe that story.
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But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.
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Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.
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An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago.
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Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present.
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Once again, a great NBA team is left to explain the unexplainable after losing in a most unimaginable way.
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Opponents of affirmative action, who suspect that the process is still continuing under other guises, could seek to replicate the winning strategy of the Harvard and UNC cases, if testing data show large, unexplainable gaps in academic preparation among different student groups.
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“Indefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indefinable. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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