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Inarticulate

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Adjective

1. inarticulate, unarticulate

without or deprived of the use of speech or words

Example Sentences:
'inarticulate beasts'
'remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal'
'inarticulate with rage'
'an inarticulate cry'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inarticulate

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adjective
1. 
unable to express oneself fluently or clearly; incoherent
2. 
(of speech, language, etc) unclear or incomprehensible; unintelligible
inarticulate grunts
3. 
unable to speak; dumb
4. 
unable to be expressed; unvoiced
inarticulate suffering
5. biology
having no joints, segments, or articulation

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Inarticulate

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adjective
1. 
produced without the normal articulation of understandable speech
said of vocal sounds
an inarticulate cry
2. 
a. 
not able to speak, as because of strong emotion; mute
b. 
not able to speak understandably, effectively, or coherently
3. 
not expressed or able to be expressed
inarticulate passion
4.  Zoology
without joints, segments, hinges, or valves

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inarticulate

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adj.
1. Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language: "a cry ... that ... sank down into an inarticulate whine" (Jack London).
2. Unable to speak; speechless: inarticulate with astonishment.
3. Unable to speak with clarity or eloquence: an inarticulate debater.
4. Going unexpressed: inarticulate sorrow.
5. Biology Not having joints or segments.

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