as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps
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Recent Examples of unspeakable
Elsewhere, an unspeakable tragedy that befalls a fellow factory worker further establishes the plight of young girls across China’s recent history.
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Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2026
Three hundred pages of unspeakable horror.
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Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
What happens when the unspeakable happens?
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The Know,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
Our thoughts remain with the victim’s family and their unspeakable loss.
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Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2026
Three hundred pages of unspeakable horror.
—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
What happens when the unspeakable happens?
—
The Know,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
Our thoughts remain with the victim’s family and their unspeakable loss.
—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unspeakable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspeakable
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In the 29th minute, Argentina sent a pass toward the net, and Messi beat the defense with an incredible first step.
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Cape Verde came astonishingly close to taking defending champions Argentina all the way to penalties, eventually falling to a 3-2 extra-time defeat despite an incredible goal from full-back Sidny Lopes Cabral.
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There has been an indescribable joy sweeping New York City as of late, thanks to an unprecedented week of athletic endeavors.
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From there, make room for Karolina Wydra, in a very tricky and indescribable Pluribus role; Allison Janney as the ultimate sparring partner in The Diplomat; and Amanda Peet, constantly threatening to steal Your Friends and Neighbors entirely.
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An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago.
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Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present.
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Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.
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That, for you at least, that ineffable quality that gives a density, a weight.
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But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.
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Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.
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Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.
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Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.
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“Unspeakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspeakable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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