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
Adjective
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His time with Villa included the drop into the Championship and then an incredible return to European football.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
12 June 2025 -
At this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, the series’ incredible run, which will extend beyond 40 seasons after a recent re-order, was celebrated with some of its key figures in attendance.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Charo is fleeing the life that’s expected of her as a woman; Sal after an unspeakable tragedy.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
8 June 2025
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The iron fist, meanwhile, shown by the state in preventing those extradited to El Salvador’s prisons so much as a word to say represents none other than the nation’s return to unspeakable cruelty and derangement.—
Amir Hussain
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Much like birth itself, the human experience of pain is reliably quotidian yet wholly indescribable: Neither words nor images can fully account for the primal, subjective sensations of the body.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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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
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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An ineffable, but important community component was lost in that economic and social transition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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The city has captured the hearts of travelers of centuries for its innate elegance and beauty, along with that ineffable je ne sais quoi.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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“Uncommunicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncommunicable. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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