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Meanings of inarticulate in English

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inarticulat

Without or deprived of the use of speech or words.

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      Examples for "unarticulate"
      1
      Unarticulated, even to himself, was the question, "Will I get to meet Stephanie Harrington and Lionheart?"
      Fire Season
      Usage of inarticulate in English
      1
      The essentially abandoned children are inarticulate and given to prodigious drug use.
      Reuters
      2
      An inarticulate bellow escaped him as a hand gripped his right arm.
      Brisingr
      3
      He made inarticulate noises in his throat, and ultimately achieved the remark:
      Sacred and Profane Love: A Novel in Three Episodes
      4
      There would be no voicing that feeling; it must ever remain inarticulate.
      O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
      5
      The sick man mumbled inarticulate sounds; not another word could be distinguished.
      A Tale of a Lonely Parish
      6
      He cannot argue in articulate logic, only in inarticulate bellowings, or worse.
      History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04
      7
      Eliza shook her head pityingly; she uttered an inarticulate murmur of concern.
      The Iron Trail
      8
      Otherwise older people may feel uncomfortable or perceived as unintelligent and inarticulate.
      News.com.au
      9
      Scott is strangely inarticulate - or, rather, the articulacy comes and goes.
      The Guardian
      10
      When they got into the cabin, the burly pilot was almost inarticulate.
      Looking Seaward Again
      11
      Where Dole is often shy and inarticulate, Clinton is effusive and eloquent.
      The new yorker
      12
      That measured but inarticulate sound: it is never out of his ear.
      Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 / Volume 17, New Series, M...
      13
      Suddenly the waiter seemed to grow inarticulate with a rush of words.
      The Innocence of Father Brown
      14
      The wretched victim of his own unbridled sensuality shook with inarticulate rage.
      The Eyes of the World
      15
      The phonograph went off into an inarticulate whirr of its own machinery.
      Hugo: A Fantasia on Modern Themes
      16
      She gave a long slow soundless headshake, merciful only in being inarticulate.
      The Figure in the Carpet
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      United Kingdom
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