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Recent Examples of incommunicable Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable. Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020 And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life. Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 In a way, Tiffany’s rendering of fandom as specific and incommunicable risks undermining her premise, which has to do with the massed power of people online. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incommunicable
Adjective
  • Buddha's ineffable wisdom teaches a profound truth: Thoughts define our reality.
    Veronica Angela, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Something ineffable in posture or spirit gave them away.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Taking cues from its assortment of cosmetics, the space leans into clean lines, minimal accents, and like any good beauty store, incredible lighting—perfect for swatching, spritzing, and perhaps a selfie or two.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Who'll win week 1 Schools officials describe Davis as an accomplished photographer, videographer, filmmaker and editor who possesses incredible skill in the technical performing arts, Green Hill High School Counseling Secretary Amy Brewer said.
    Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.
    Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Indeed, there is something more cosmic, spiritual and inexpressible about what is missing —a poignant reminder of the profound void left by SOPHIE’s departure from our astral plane.
    Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
  • By Sam Reed Chalamet attended this event with an almost indescribable style that, at first glance, called his aesthetic taste and the veracity of his new blond hair into question.
    María Munsuri, Glamour, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Many who’ve just been released report indescribable killings and torture in hellish living conditions.
    John Fund, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Unbridled joy is replacing years of terror and unspeakable loss.
    Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2024
  • For a start, there is Emily (the tirelessly comic Amy Di Bartolomeo), who is the keeper of the flame of all things Miranda as assistant numero uno, and is frankly horrified at Andy’s nondescript clothes and unspeakable hair.
    Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Abstract images composed of indefinable light and inky darkness recur as well, even in his later multiscreen video installations, which are more narrative-driven.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.
    Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022
Adjective
  • There has always been something unexplainable about the 33-year-old’s game.
    Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
  • These are unexplainable phenomena scattered throughout the game’s world that can kill an unwary player in an instant.
    Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024

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“Incommunicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incommunicable. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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