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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

Working with a minimalist keyboard score he co-wrote, Jarmusch fills the silences with an ineffable despair.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

It’s a performance that requires O’Connor to hint at an ineffable void.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2025

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

But far more intense was the utter, ineffable tenderness he felt, and the solemnity.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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