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unexpressible

unexpressible adjective: impossible to express; inexpressible.

Adjective

unexpressible (comparative more unexpressible, superlative most unexpressible)

  1. Impossible to express; inexpressible.
    • What unexpressible comfort does overflow the pious and devout Toul from the remembrance of a holy and well - spent life and a conscience of its own innocency and integrity!1671, John Tillotson, “Sermon IV. The Advantages of Religion to Particular Persons. Psalm XIX. 11.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […]...
    • WHEN John firſt brought out the Bills, the Surprize of all the Family was unexpreſſible, at the prodigious Dimenſions of them; […]1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “How John Look’d Over His Attorney’s Bill”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 20

Forms of unexpressible

comparativemore unexpressible
superlativemost unexpressible

Origin of unexpressible

From un- + expressible.

Words formed from unexpressible

Questions about unexpressible

What does unexpressible mean?
Unexpressible means impossible to express; inexpressible.
What part of speech is unexpressible?
Unexpressible is an adjective.

Words near unexpressible in the dictionary

  1. unexpressable
  2. unexpressably
  3. unexpressed
  4. unexpressedly
  5. unexpresses
  6. unexpressible
  7. unexpressibleness
  8. unexpressibly
  9. unexpressing
  10. unexpressive
  11. unexpressively

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