undefinable

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Recent Examples of undefinable Miryang is neither a respite for Shin-ae nor an escape, but rather some undefinable cross between the two. Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024 Brady: …give me a sense of what that means, because that’s a term that people can immediately read as somewhere in that mid-market that’s kind of undefinable and sometimes hard to grow. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 July 2024 The answer to that pursuit can be found only in something given little attention in laboratories, classrooms and battlefields — the undefinable, unscientific realm of art. Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024 There’s one full of hair, a play on the undefinable ick one feels when one spots a stray hair in the sink or on the shower wall. Nora Taylor, Curbed, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for undefinable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undefinable
Adjective
  • And trust drives engagement, growth and influence far more effectively than trying to please a broad, undefined audience.
    Conrad Young, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • Even though the offer was undefined, Adams was intrigued.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Adjective
  • After two passenger jets collided over Staten Island, on December 16, 1960, Green-Wood received three caskets containing the remains of an indeterminate number of victims and memorialized, in granite, all hundred and thirty-four people who died.
    Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • Regardless of whether Bregman remains day-to-day or officially goes on the injured list, the Red Sox will be without their most consistent offensive contributor for an indeterminate amount of time, and must find ways to fill the hole at the hot corner.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • Something similar could be said for the grainy, indistinct black-and-white photos of tortured and murdered prisoners, the shaky footage of work camps.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025
  • The show’s focus puller also does the Lord’s work in the last shot of the beat, just after Deborah’s face turns and looks toward the camera, flashing red for one desperate second before going fuzzy and indistinct, like a drunken exhale.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • Iran’s brief but brutal war with Israel has left its theocratic regime facing an uncertain future.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
  • To be sure, the uncertain economy could weigh on consumer spending in the near term, impacting online purchases.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Additionally, the actor is requesting spousal support of an undetermined amount and asked the court to deny support payments for his estranged wife.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it remains undetermined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Macron blocked his mouth with his hand, so his comment was indistinguishable, but Meloni reacted with a huge eye roll that quickly circulated in photos online.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 17 June 2025
  • The first defensive possession of every Orlando Magic game this season was indistinguishable from a brawl.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Boca una locura; a mad, inexplicable, head’s-gone kind of thing.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 16 June 2025
  • Trump entered negotiations to end the war in Ukraine by presenting Putin with a bouquet of inexplicable concessions.
    Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025

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“Undefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undefinable. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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