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ineffable

[in-ef-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛf ə bəl /


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The bigger half is that ineffable star-stuff: the essence, the soul.

From Slate Apr. 23, 2026

"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

With Frankenstein, he worries he’ll jinx the monster by talking too much about him, snuffing out the ineffable thing that he says fueled his performance.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 30, 2025

That ineffable feeling of danger is what drew so many people to FLAG’s Memorial Day performance.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2025

It provides a glimpse of the ineffable and the infinite.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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