"indescribable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌindəˈskrībəb(ə)l/ Audio: en-us-indescribable.ogg [US] Forms: indescribable [positive], more indescribable [comparative], most indescribable [superlative]
Etymology: in- + describable Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|in|describable}} in- + describable Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Something that is too unusual, extreme, or incomprehensible to describe
    Sense id: simple-indescribable-en-adj-SZiprFaI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with in-
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