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Meanings of undefinable in inglés

Not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words.

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        Examples for "indefinable"
        1
        It's an indefinable quality, but pedigree sure counts in Europe's premier competition.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Simply being alive at that moment seemed, in some indefinable way, ungentlemanly.
        Jonathan strange and mr norrell
        3
        He hadn't exactly matured; but he had in some indefinable sense broadened.
        A journey: my political life
        4
        The quality of Theroen's voice as he spoke the word was indefinable.
        The blood that bonds
        5
        Inside the drain, something indefinable glistened, reflecting the flashlight beam; it moved.
        Phantoms
        Usage of undefinable in inglés
        1
        She tried to fight back the overpowering, undefinable surge; she succeeded partially.
        Dan Merrithew
        2
        Always an excellent thing in woman, here it has an undefinable charm.
        First Footsteps in East Africa
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        Her non-appearance at the railway station filled him with an undefinable anxiety.
        The Rosary
        4
        But as I tell thee he is an eccentric and undefinable character.
        Anna St. Ives
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        I WAS very unhappy, from a variety of causes, definable and undefinable.
        Woman's Trials; Or, Tales and Sketches from the Life around Us
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        There was something that each felt to be sweet, undefinable, and dangerous.
        Can You Forgive Her?
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        But the specifics of those politics continue to remain singular and often undefinable.
        Wired
        8
        It is undefinable, unmeasurable; but we know that it pervades and contains us.
        Essays — First Series
        9
        There is an undefinable quantity in military genius which makes the event uncertain.
        Lectures on Modern history
        10
        The distinction seems undefinable to us; but they, poor wretches, feel it deeply.
        Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
        11
        The difference of look is undefinable in words, but clear enough.
        At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies
        12
        A sordid, undefinable stench settled over the place, and the ancient spirit slept.
        The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft
        13
        The impact jolted her to awareness and awakened an undefinable fear.
        The Clan of the Cave Bear
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        For the first time I felt a creep of undefinable horror.
        Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
        15
        An undefinable something about the room seemed to suggest masculine habitation.
        Beasts and Super-Beasts
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        It all comes, I believe, from trying to define the undefinable.
        Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
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