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indefinable

[ in-di-fahy-nuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.


noun

  1. something that cannot be defined:

    the indefinables of great musicianship.

indefinable

/ ˌɪԻɪˈڲɪəə /

adjective

  1. incapable of being defined or analysed

    there was an indefinable sense of terror

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԻˈھԲ, adverb
  • ˌԻˈھԲԱ, noun
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  • d·ھa··Ա noun
  • d·ھa· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of indefinable1

First recorded in 1800–10; in- 3 + definable ( def )
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Example Sentences

It expresses a general anxiety the prompt of which is indefinable, a nagging sense that has no singularly compelling explanation.

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When it’s completely indefinable, it exists as a cloud.

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A recent New Yorker profile of Jeremy Strong seemed determined to find eccentricity in the actor’s dedication to craft, just as so many people with public platforms voiced their often indefinable irritation with Hathaway’s.

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And that work, which exists in some indefinable terrain between off-the-rack categories like “traditional” and “modern,” is truly magnetic.

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The crushing of the belief that the Seattle ballclub, by dint of some indefinable flaw in their DNA, would always wilt and wither in crunchtime.

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