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ineffable

[in-ef-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛf ə bəl /


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"We are grateful for her passion, her wit, her ineffable style, and all the summers she spent in the tent."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Its first was led, as if filled with some ineffable perfume, by Mira Nadon alongside Peter Walker, who deftly attended his counterpart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

This trend is often blamed on an ineffable consumer preference, or Americans’ being fat, but that isn’t exactly true.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

Despite Lawrence’s doubts, he exudes the ineffable sense of someone in deep communion with his faith.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

Coaches were all the same: they had ineffable powers of memory when you made a horse’s ass out of yourself.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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