as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
some indefinable quality makes that movie star very appealing
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Recent Examples of indefinable
Pitt, at the time, was in his early 30s and gaining notice for being incredibly handsome and in possession of the indefinable charisma that makes a movie star.
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
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.
—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
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Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indefinable
Adjective
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Chris Taylor makes an incredible catch to preserve a 2018 NLCS Game 7 lead over Milwaukee.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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And defensive ends Jarvis Moss and Derrick Harvey led an incredible performance against season-long No. 1 Ohio State, holding Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and the Buckeyes to 82 total yards.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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As the stories of the Quechua people float layered over the visuals, the film draws something ineffable and sublime from the landscape in a way that would be out of scope for straight reportage.—
Mustafah Abdulaziz,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Home for the Holidays (1995) Holly Hunter’s ineffable charm makes this Thanksgiving-centric movie a perfect rewatch for any time of year, not just on the third Thursday in November.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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People pouring through our borders, unchecked, people doing things that are indescribable and not for today to discuss.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
26 May 2025
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People doing things that are indescribable and not for today to discuss.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Unencumbered by the stark binary of good and evil, Bring Her Back argues that love and longing can drive us to unspeakable acts.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
16 May 2025
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Facing unspeakable evil with the greatest – and unsuspected – resolve a human being can ever hope for, Jean Moulin’s story reverberates until today.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
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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
Adjective
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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
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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
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Because these systems rely on machine learning, their inner workings are often proprietary, unexplainable and beyond meaningful public accountability.—
Nicole M. Bennett,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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Pulled in by a series of strange and unexplainable video clips, a brother and sister team up to investigate the events captured in the footage, only to discover a shocking secret that’s overtaking their small-town Texas community.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Indefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indefinable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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