as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
some indefinable quality makes that movie star very appealing
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Patinkin, in an indefinable accent, is his usual Big Presence, but Beane holds her own, and the arrival of Linda Emond as Interpol agent Hilde Eriksen pays constant comic dividends.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
People hold fierce loyalties to their Arthur Avenue stores of choice, mostly based on nostalgia, and the indefinable value of a personal relationship with one’s foodmonger.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
Even in a case, like this one, where excess is the point, comedy still depends on an indefinable subtlety.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
Her small, local, middle-class white communities are rife with suspicion, infidelity, unease, and a sort of indefinable evil that permeates almost everybody and everything.
—Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2022
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2024
People hold fierce loyalties to their Arthur Avenue stores of choice, mostly based on nostalgia, and the indefinable value of a personal relationship with one’s foodmonger.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2023
Even in a case, like this one, where excess is the point, comedy still depends on an indefinable subtlety.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
Her small, local, middle-class white communities are rife with suspicion, infidelity, unease, and a sort of indefinable evil that permeates almost everybody and everything.
—Scott Bradfield, The New Republic, 1 Nov. 2022
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