INELOQUENT Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

ineloquent

adjective

Definition of ineloquent

as in inarticulate

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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

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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

The voters repudiated the president in every way, growing tired of his lies, corrupt administration, unqualified Cabinet members, tariffs, needless wars, ongoing inflation, and undignified and boorish behavior.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
But in this drama, Mozart dies in the most undignified way, but his reputation and artistic accomplishments endure.

— Doni Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of undignified

Adjective

Youth unemployment stands at about 23% and a large majority of those who do have a job work in the informal sector.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
Just this week, some Massachusetts senators voted in an informal session to advance a bill that would put a stop to springing forward and falling back.

— Amanda Callahan, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of informal

Adjective

Each book had anywhere from 20 to 50, even 75, contributors, who wrote in a warm, colloquial style.

— Jennifer Rich, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
That’s the colloquial name for the Salkin House, an 1,100-square-foot dwelling perched on a hillside lot, built for violist Jules Salkin in 1948 by John Lautner, the famed midcentury modern architect.

— Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026

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