inarticulatenesses

[in-ahr-tik-yuh-lit]

adjective

lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.

unable to use articulate speech: inarticulate with rage.

not articulate; not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible modulations: His mouth stuffed, he could utter only inarticulate sounds.

not fully expressed or expressible: a voice choked with inarticulate agony.

Anatomy, Zoology. not jointed; having no articulation or joint.

Origin:
1595–1605; < Late Latin inarticulātus. See in-³, articulate

Related forms

in·ar·tic·u·late·ly, adverb

in·ar·tic·u·late·ness, noun

Synonyms
2. mute, dumb.

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