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ineloquent

adjective

Definition of ineloquentnext
1
as in inarticulate

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2
as in undignified

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Recent Examples of ineloquent There’s a certain purity in art that’s so aggressively ineloquent. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineloquent
  1. inarticulate
  2. undignified
  3. informal
  4. colloquial
Adjective
  • The cloud was blank and inarticulate, a monolith with no secrets to reveal to any of its human witnesses.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Just as between them William James and Michael Oakeshott told us that there is no such thing as unmediated experience, so, surely, there is no such thing as inarticulate thought.
    — Richard Lansdown, The New York Review of Books, 25 June 2026
Definition of inarticulate
Adjective
  • Besides being undignified, such honesty does not save one from the rude and insensitive.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • And in the book, it's made abundantly clear Team Black meant for Cole to die as undignified a death as possible.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 July 2026
Definition of undignified
Adjective
  • Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa’s poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of big cities.
    — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Gun homicides mostly affect South Africa's poorest communities in townships and informal settlements made up of shacks and small homes on the edges of many big cities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of informal
Adjective
  • The colloquial names are fun, but can be confusing, because there’s also a plant called brown-eyed Susan, which is different from the black-eyed Susan.
    — Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Silent sleep apnea is a colloquial term for the form of the condition that occurs without the loud, disruptive snoring most people associate with it.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
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“Ineloquent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineloquent. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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