as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
overcome by an inexpressible awe at the sight of the thunderous waterfall
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Recent Examples of inexpressible
Writing gives mothers the space and the time to express the inexpressible, even when the space and time do so are stolen away.
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Alice Vincent,
Vogue,
7 Aug. 2025
Some people also use wills to try to express the inexpressible or unsaid.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
Lana’s murder at 40 fills me with an inexpressible grief because in many ways, my 40th year was when my own life began.
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Meg Pillow
july 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
Saunders, who wanted to be recognized not only as a Black artist but as an American artist, believed art was a way of expressing the otherwise inexpressible.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexpressible
Alice Vincent,
Vogue,
7 Aug. 2025
Some people also use wills to try to express the inexpressible or unsaid.
—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
Lana’s murder at 40 fills me with an inexpressible grief because in many ways, my 40th year was when my own life began.
—
Meg Pillow
july 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
Saunders, who wanted to be recognized not only as a Black artist but as an American artist, believed art was a way of expressing the otherwise inexpressible.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexpressible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpressible
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There was also an incredible amount of violence directed at the people who had come to stop it.
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Not constrained by traditional vehicle design, Ojai has an incredible amount of legroom.
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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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That, for you at least, that ineffable quality that gives a density, a weight.
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The versatility, the intelligence, the playmaking and that ineffable ability to win — the Frenchman was a basketball romantic’s dream.
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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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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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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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Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.
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Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.
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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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“Inexpressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpressible. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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