Inarticulate

Word INARTICULATE
Character 12
Hyphenation in ar tic u late
Pronunciations /ɪn.ɑːˈtɪk.jʊ.lət/

Definitions and meanings of "Inarticulate"

What do we mean by inarticulate?

Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language. adjective

Unable to speak; speechless. adjective

Unable to speak with clarity or eloquence. adjective

Going unexpressed. adjective

Not having joints or segments. adjective

In anatomy and zoology, not articulated; having no articulation or joint; specifically, of or pertaining to the Inarticulata; lyopomatous; ecardinal.

Not articulate; not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible modulations, as sounds or speech; not distinct or with distinction of syllables.

Not articulating or speaking; incapable of expressing thought in speech.

Not uttered with articulation or intelligible distinctness, as speech or words. adjective

Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body segments. adjective

Without a hinge; -- said of an order (Inarticulata or Ecardines) of brachiopods. adjective

Incapable of articulating. adjective

Incapable of expressing one's ideas or feelings clearly. adjective

Not articulated in normal words adjective

Speechless adjective

Unable to speak with any clarity adjective

Not having joints or other articulations adjective

Without or deprived of the use of speech or words adjective

An animal belonging to the subphylum Inarticulata.

“Inarticulate” means when one is unable to express what they mean or unable to express something in words Urban Dictionary

A condition affecting one's ability to construct a sentence or make a cogent point in a reasonable amount of time. Often the result of going tangental. Urban Dictionary

An insult; what Snape calls Neville in A Very Potter Musical. Urban Dictionary

To be so sexually aroused that you are incoherent and speechless while typing. Urban Dictionary

A person that believes "Bon Appétit" is pronounced and spelled "Bone Apple Tea". Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Inarticulate

The word "inarticulate" in example sentences

Saxon gasped, standing with hands clasped in inarticulate delight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Being ill-informed, uneducated, and inarticulate is not a policy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So knowledge that’s widespread but implicit and inarticulate is routinely mistaken for the kind of innovation it’s necessary to incentivize with a monopoly grant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The statements were obviously taken out of context, and at worst he is guilty of being inarticulate, which is not a hate crime. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

Sure, the country has accepted that he's inarticulate, which is mind boggling in itself, but he's ripe for ridicule in so many ways. ❋ Rogers (2006)

To reconstruct meaningful patterns of behavior about the so-called inarticulate masses, they borrowed methods from the other social and behavioral sciences—psychology, sociology, and anthropology. ❋ Gerald N. Grob (1967)

And a habitual indulgence in the inarticulate is a sure sign of the philosopher who has not learned to think, the poet who has not learned to write, the painter who has not learned to paint, and the impression that has not learned to express itself -- all of which are compatible with an immensity of genius in the inexpressible soul. ❋ George Santayana (1907)

Generally the rhythm runs out with a series of what might be called inarticulate drum-beats, as if an impulse existed still unsatisfied, blindly making itself felt in these insignificant pulsations; an impulse which a finer melodic sense would have satisfied by the proper antithesis in relation to the first phrase, thus leaving the melody and the rhythm to complete themselves together, as always takes place in civilized music. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Cramer, of course, called his admission "inarticulate," a word that his attorneys have no doubt been drilling into his head all week. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A kind of inarticulate unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite and lets us gaze into that. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mosley shows how a certain kind of inarticulate, carnal, involuntary affection transcends just about anything. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Music is a kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite, and lets us for moments gaze into that. ❋ Walter Rowlands (N/A)

The upright man knows it too, though he be less wise than the sage, and his consciousness less fully developed; for an act of goodness or justice brings with it a kind of inarticulate consciousness that often becomes more effective, more faithful, more loving, than the consciousness that springs into being from the very deepest thought. ❋ Maurice Maeterlinck (1905)

These men whom we see before us are at least no longer the ferocious animals of whom La Bruyere speaks, the wretches who talked in a kind of inarticulate voice, and withdrew at night to their dens, where they lived on black bread, water, and roots. ❋ Maurice Maeterlinck (1905)

He was all kindness to these prisoners, fondled them with hands and voice, spoke a kind of inarticulate baby language to them, and gave them pet names. ❋ Maurice Hewlett (1892)

There is a kind of inarticulate disorder to which writers are liable, quite distinct from a bad style, and caused chiefly by lack of exercise. ❋ Walter Alexander Raleigh (1891)

And with these words, which broke off in a kind of inarticulate cry, she sank downward in a swoon, Dr. Brayle managing to save her from falling quite to the ground. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

The “[inarticulate]” rage of people after the [enact] of latest [policy]. The speech was very “inarticulate ❋ Meaning-Babaa (2022)

After [ten] minutes of listening to her I finally realized she was talking about [Pez]. She was going tangental so much it was fuckin' [clown shoes]. ❋ Scudd (2003)

[Sit down], you [inarticulate bumble]! It's [Harry Potter]! ❋ Horsegalhorsegal (2010)

R- Did you see that new [pic] online of [Matthew MacFadyen] [J-] FKSJFKASJFKASJFM DKNALFA FMAKFPA! I have nothing more to say. I AM INARTICULATE WITH LUST. ❋ DragonsExist (2010)

Some [inarticulate idiot] actually believes that "[Bon Appétit]" is pronounced, and spelled "[Bone Apple Tea]"! ❋ Orchid'sAllure (2016)

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