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
When the two creatives become housemates, an indefinable friendship sparks.
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
Pitt, at the time, was in his early 30s and gaining notice for being incredibly handsome and in possession of the indefinable charisma that makes a movie star.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
The Coens are true American classics, indefinable and incomparable.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
Patinkin, in an indefinable accent, is his usual Big Presence, but Beane holds her own, and the arrival of Linda Emond as Interpol agent Hilde Eriksen pays constant comic dividends.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
Pitt, at the time, was in his early 30s and gaining notice for being incredibly handsome and in possession of the indefinable charisma that makes a movie star.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
The Coens are true American classics, indefinable and incomparable.
—Tim Moffatt, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2024
Patinkin, in an indefinable accent, is his usual Big Presence, but Beane holds her own, and the arrival of Linda Emond as Interpol agent Hilde Eriksen pays constant comic dividends.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indefinable
Adjective
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The Billboard Hall of Fame Award celebrates a career that extends beyond musical performance and takes into account the incredible influence the recipient enjoys as an artist globally in multiple fields, according to a press release.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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That could be with an incredible craftsman who makes a perfect mattress for a great night’s sleep, for example.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the tranquility of the rocking waves, or maybe the transient, ineffable quality of the water, seems to have lodged in Christian’s brain.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
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That ineffable charge continued to feel palpable as the lights went down and a thunderous roar went up.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tackling me to the ground, the elation was indescribable.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
8 Oct. 2025
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The smell after a rain is indescribable.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, there were chuckles to hold back anger and carefully chosen words to express what felt inexpressible.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Much like the famed British poets of World War I, who sought to express the inexpressible, Abu Toha strives to capture the unspeakable carnage, futility, and despair of war.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Harwicz’s books are most generously appreciated as spelunking missions into the cave of the unwell mind, untethered from our op-ed pages or the unspeakable carnage available to us every day on our Instagram reels.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Combatting anti-Semitism might seem like a diversion from the more urgent work of opposing war and occupation, especially after two years of unspeakable carnage in Gaza—but this issue is far too important for the pro-Palestinian movement to ignore.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
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In a way, Tiffany’s rendering of fandom as specific and incommunicable risks undermining her premise, which has to do with the massed power of people online.—
Katy Waldman,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2022
Adjective
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
28 June 2022
Adjective
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And above all, Daniel Craig‘s Benoit Blanc is back to get to the bottom of another seemingly unexplainable murder mystery.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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The nature of the evil that brought darkness and death into that Catholic church this week is unexplainable.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Indefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indefinable. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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