Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Incapable of being uttered; unutterable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Unutterable; inexpressible.

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  • adjective Unutterable; inexpressible.

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Examples

  • Then, to my inutterable relief, she stirred, and opened her eyes -- and smiled.

    A new interview with me ewillett 2008

  • Often when I have felt a weariness or distaste at home, have I rushed out into her crowded Strand, and fed my humour, till tears have wetted my cheek for inutterable sympathies with the multitudinous moving picture, which she never fails to present at all hours, like the shifting scenes of a skilful Pantomime.

    The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805

  • Let's compare that emote to "Dudeguy hides his broken, bleeding heart, his stoic visage masking the inutterable misery of his soul."

    WoW.com 2010

  • We are in the least rescued from inutterable laughability.

    BlueOregon 2009

  • Garage Sale Booty: I found some real highs and lows among the used books this weekend: Lows FIRST -- The Elvis Sightings inutterable nonsense by Peter Eicher; The Tarot Murders -- A Novel of Suspense by Mignon Warner; TV 80 (actually published in 1979) superficial rubbish about then-current television stars by Lisa Freeman; Higher than low -- Movie Comedy Teams (1974) by Leonard Matlin; Saturday Night Live (1977) scripts and photos from their best period, edited by Annie Beatts & John Head;

    Archive 2005-07-03 Michael Evans 2005

  • Garage Sale Booty: I found some real highs and lows among the used books this weekend: Lows FIRST -- The Elvis Sightings inutterable nonsense by Peter Eicher; The Tarot Murders -- A Novel of Suspense by Mignon Warner; TV 80 (actually published in 1979) superficial rubbish about then-current television stars by Lisa Freeman; Higher than low -- Movie Comedy Teams (1974) by Leonard Matlin; Saturday Night Live (1977) scripts and photos from their best period, edited by Annie Beatts & John Head;

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2005

  • "But, sir, " she said, "I have not yet decided whether or not to grant you your peep, that moment of inutterable bliss for which you will, willingly, surrender the wondrous veil to me in its entirety.

    Cinnamon Roll 2010

  • "And to some men you will be inutterable desirable.

    Rogue Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1982

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