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inarticulate

  (ĭn'är-tĭk'yə-lĭt) pronunciation
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.
inarticulately in'ar·tic'u·late·ly adv.
inarticulateness in'ar·tic'u·late·ness or in'ar·tic'u·la·cy (-lə-sē) n.
 
 
Thesaurus: inarticulate

adjective

  1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech: aphonic, dumb, mute, speechless, voiceless. See words.
  2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear: dumb, mum, mute, silent, speechless, voiceless, wordless. See words.

 
Antonyms: inarticulate

adj

Definition: unable to speak well
Antonyms: articulate, communicative, fluent


 
Veterinary Dictionary: inarticulate

Not having joints; disjointed.

 
Word Tutor: inarticulate
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Uttered indistinctly; mute, speechless.

pronunciation Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth. — Plutarch (A.D. 46?-A.D. c. 120).

 
Translations: Translations for: Inarticulate

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uartikuleret, utydelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onverstaanbaar, vaag

Français (French)
adj. - qui ne sait pas s'exprimer, inintelligible, inexprimable, (Zool) inarticulé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unartikuliert, unverständlich, des Sprechens unfähig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άναρθρος, στερούμενος αρθρώσεως, βουβός, ασύνδετος

Italiano (Italian)
inarticolato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desarticulado

Русский (Russian)
нечленораздельный, немногословный, немой

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inarticulado, incapaz de expresarse

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oartikulerad, osammanhängande, stum, outtalad, oledad (biol.)

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
口齿不清的, 不善于表达的, 说话不连贯的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 口齒不清的, 不善於表達的, 說話不連貫的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 똑똑히 말을 못하는, 모호한, 관절이 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 発音の不明瞭な, 言葉にならない, 口がきけない, 不明瞭な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عاجز عن الإفصاح, عيي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מובע בבירור, מגומגם, לא בנוי כהלכה, מגמגם‬


 
 

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