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  • adjective not capable of being expressed

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Examples

  • [1] Believe me, dear Mother that the inexpressable pleasure I feel in composing these tales and Ballads; and the honest pride of haveing proved; (against the imperious and unnatural opinions of some of the learned,) that a poor man may possess qualities which they are forced to admire, will allways be equal to any temporary vexations which are likely to fall to my lot.

    Letter 66 2009

  • In the face of overwelming experiences, the individual can only bear witness to the inexpressable horror of human violence, for which there are no words sufficient to the task.

    "I don’t want to attack [Ingrid Betancourt], but the truth is very savage." Ann Althouse 2009

  • It is supernatural in origin eternal in duration inexpressable in value infinite in scope regenerative in power infallible in authority universal in interest personal in application inspired in totality!

    The Book Susan 2008

  • And so I invited you all to join me in this effort, to find ways of expressing the inexpressable, and to find ways of doing so without fear.

    Speaking a Joy Which Can’t Be Words* | Her Bad Mother 2006

  • It is supernatural in origin eternal in duration inexpressable in value infinite in scope regenerative in power infallible in authority universal in interest personal in application inspired in totality!

    Archive 2008-04-01 Belinda 2008

  • Not logical arguments for the existence of invisible persons, but metaphors that allow us to give voice to our limited and inadequate perception of life's inexpressable mystery, then theology has a lot to offer.

    Does Being Exist? James F. McGrath 2008

  • Not logical arguments for the existence of invisible persons, but metaphors that allow us to give voice to our limited and inadequate perception of life's inexpressable mystery, then theology has a lot to offer.

    Archive 2008-05-01 James F. McGrath 2008

  • But, I said, I feared that such love is inexpressable.

    Speaking a Joy Which Can’t Be Words* | Her Bad Mother 2006

  • Humankind is enevitably tempted to express even the almost inexpressable in terms most familiar to itself , and what is more familiar to itself than the idea of personality , will and purpose .

    Science, Idolatry, and Anthropomorphism James F. McGrath 2008

  • Not logical arguments for the existence of invisible persons, but metaphors that allow us to give voice to our limited and inadequate perception of life's inexpressable mystery, then theology has a lot to offer.

    Does Being Exist? James F. McGrath 2008

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