"inaudible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inaudible.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From in- + audible. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|audible}} in- + audible Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inaudible (not comparable)
  1. Unable to be heard or not loud enough to be heard. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Hearing, Silence Synonyms: quiet, silent, soundless, voiceless Related terms: inaudibly, inaudibility, unlistenable Translations (unable to be heard): onhoorbaar (Afrikaans), ἀνήκουστος (anḗkoustos) (Ancient Greek), անլսելի (anlseli) (Armenian), չլսվող (čʿlsvoġ) (Armenian), անձայն (anjayn) (Armenian), нячу́тны (njačútny) (Belarusian), недоловим (nedolovim) (Bulgarian), inoïble (Catalan), inaudible (Catalan), onhoorbaar (Dutch), neaŭdebla (Esperanto), kuulumaton (Finnish), inaudible (French), inaudible (Galician), inaudíbel (Galician), unhörbar (German), nicht zu hören (German), nem hallható (Hungarian), kivehetetlen (Hungarian), hallhatatlan (Hungarian), dochloiste (Irish), dochluinte (Irish), 静かな (shizuka na) (alt: しずかな) (Japanese), 聞こえない (kikoenai) (alt: きこえない) (Japanese), inaudibilis (Latin), нечуен (nečuen) (Macedonian), neuchlastynagh (Manx), neuchluinagh (Manx), uhørlig (Norwegian Bokmål), uhøyrleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), niesłyszalny (Polish), inaudível (Portuguese), neauzibil (Romanian), inauzibil (Romanian), неслы́шный (neslýšnyj) (Russian), inaudible (Spanish), ohörbar (Swedish), нечу́тний (nečútnyj) (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "unable to be heard",
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      "sense": "unable to be heard",
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      "sense": "unable to be heard",
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      "sense": "unable to be heard",
      "word": "ohörbar"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "sense": "unable to be heard",
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