"inexpressible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more inexpressible [comparative], most inexpressible [superlative]
Etymology: in- + expressible Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|expressible}} in- + expressible Head templates: {{en-adj}} inexpressible (comparative more inexpressible, superlative most inexpressible)
  1. Unable to be expressed; not able to be put into words. Synonyms: inexpressable [rare], unexpressable, unexpressible [rare] Related terms: inexpressibility Related terms (counterparts in calculating): innumerable, innumerous, unnumerable, incalculable Translations (unable to be expressed): ἄσπετος (áspetos) (Ancient Greek), inexpressable (Catalan), onuitsprekelijk (Dutch), nedirebla (Esperanto), sanoin kuvaamaton (Finnish), inexprimable (French), inexpresable (Galician), ανεκδιήγητος (anekdiígitos) (Greek), inesprimibile (Italian), niewysłowiony (Polish), inexpressável (Portuguese), inexprimível (Portuguese), inexprimabil (Romanian), neexprimabil (Romanian), невырази́мый (nevyrazímyj) (Russian), inexpresable (Spanish)

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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
      "word": "невырази́мый"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unable to be expressed",
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