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unutterable

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un⋅ut⋅ter⋅a⋅ble

  [uhn-uht-er-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. not communicable by utterance; unspeakable; beyond expression: unutterable joy.
2. not utterable; not pronounceable: an unutterable foreign word.
Origin:
1580–90; un- 1 + utterable

Related forms:
un⋅ut⋅ter⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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un·ut·ter·a·ble   (ŭn-ŭt'ər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. That cannot or must not be uttered or expressed: "I burned in the unutterable beauty of being alive" (John Peale Bishop). See Synonyms at unspeakable.

  2. Being such that pronunciation is impossible: unutterable consonant clusters.

un·ut'ter·a·ble·ness n., un·ut'ter·a·bly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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