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inarticulacy

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in·ar·tic·u·late   (ĭn'är-tĭk'yə-lĭt)   
adj.  
  1. Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language: "a cry . . . that . . . sank down into an inarticulate whine" (Jack London).

  2. Unable to speak; speechless: inarticulate with astonishment.

  3. Unable to speak with clarity or eloquence: an inarticulate debater.

  4. Going unexpressed: inarticulate sorrow.

  5. Biology Not having joints or segments.

in'ar·tic'u·late·ly adv., in'ar·tic'u·late·ness, in'ar·tic'u·la·cy (-lə-sē) n.
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