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inarticulate
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  • Oh, how one wishes sometimes to escape from the meaningless dullness of human eloquence, from all those sublime phrases, to take refuge in nature, apparently so inarticulate, or in the wordlessness of long, grinding labor, of sound sleep, of true music, or of a human understanding rendered speechless by emotion!  (source)
    inarticulate = without words
  • Harry uttered an inarticulate yell of rage: In that instant, he cared not whether he lived or died.  (source)
    inarticulate = verbally expressing a feeling without words
  • "We could be sort of…" Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness.  (source)
    inarticulate = at a loss for words
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  • A prayer which was half an inarticulate apology to the boy flitted through his mind like a torn rag.  (source)
    inarticulate = poorly expressed
  • Inarticulately he strokes her face, his heart filled with pity.†  (source)
    Inarticulately = in a manner that is not expressed clearly
  • He seemed very embarrassed and his inarticulateness was more noticeable than ever.†  (source)
    inarticulateness = inability to express oneself clearly; or not expressed clearly
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • He poured out on her the sum of all his inarticulate fury and aborted desires.  (source)
    inarticulate = unable to express oneself clearly; or not expressed clearly
  • Joanna inarticulately testified.†  (source)
    inarticulately = in a manner that is not expressed clearly
  • Her inarticulateness made us believe we were eloquent.  (source)
    inarticulateness = inability to express himself clearly
  • And then, suddenly, without warning, uttering a cry that was inarticulate and more like the cry of an animal, John Thornton sprang upon the man who wielded the club.  (source)
    inarticulate = without words
  • This is he; this helpless, inarticulately murmuring, wandering old man pointed out.†  (source)
    inarticulately = in a manner that is not expressed clearly
  • If there is inarticulateness behind it, articulateness is nullified by the immobility of the face itself; if hope or yearning, neither hope nor yearning show.†  (source)
    inarticulateness = inability to express oneself clearly; or not expressed clearly
  • My hair was sticking in fuzzy curls on my neck, and from the radio in the living room I could hear the inarticulate drone of the baseball game.  (source)
    inarticulate = with words that could not be understood
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