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.
—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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpressible
Adjective
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In an incredible twist of fate, a then-20-year-old Messi was actually photographed holding Yamal as a baby back in 2007.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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In baseball, the incredible comeback of the Mets to beat the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
Adjective
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The beauty of this book is almost indescribable.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
17 May 2026
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For David and Tara Heidenreich, the moment their son Eli became a Steeler was nearly indescribable.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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One reason medieval mystics resorted to apophatic language was to suggest the ineffable majesty of God, the God beyond God.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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Which is to say, a group of rising stars who individually and collectively capture something ineffable about right now.—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Elsewhere, an unspeakable tragedy that befalls a fellow factory worker further establishes the plight of young girls across China’s recent history.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2026
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And how did this unspeakable loss help inspire one of the greatest plays ever written?—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Dec. 2025
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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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Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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That only creates the next set of unexplainable pay decisions.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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The systems are unexplainable, unpredictable, and trivially copyable.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Inexpressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpressible. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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