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indescribable
What does indescribable mean?
indescribable (adjective): defying expression or description.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use indescribable in a sentence?
- Indescribable beauty. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce indescribable?
/ɪndɪˈskɹaɪbəbl̩/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does indescribable come from?
From in- + describe + -able.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “indescribable” mean?
defying expression or description
Right! That's what “indescribable” means.
distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
concerning all parts of the world
Not quite: that's what global means.
not divided or shared with others
Not quite: that's what exclusive means.
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