uncommunicable

adjective

ˌən-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl How to pronounce uncommunicable (audio)
Definition of uncommunicablenext
as in incredible
beyond the power to describe the book attempts to communicate the uncommunicable horrors of war

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncommunicable
  1. incredible
  2. unspeakable
  3. indescribable
  4. incommunicable
  5. ineffable
Adjective
  • On top of the track views, the space also features incredible food options and entertainment space.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Can SpaceX’s skyrocketing potential translate into incredible return?
    Joel Shulman, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of incredible
Adjective
  • 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
  • Today, some 101 Israeli hostages remain in unspeakable Hamas captivity in Gaza.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of unspeakable
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
Definition of indescribable
Adjective
  • 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, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
Definition of incommunicable
Adjective
  • Something ineffable in posture or spirit gave them away.
    Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • If Liu is a conduit, so too, in some ineffable sense, is Costanzo.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Definition of ineffable
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