unutterable

adj.

1. That cannot or must not be uttered or expressed: "I burned in the unutterable beauty of being alive" (John Peale Bishop). See synonyms at unspeakable.
2. Being such that pronunciation is impossible: unutterable consonant clusters.

unutterableness un·ut'ter·a·ble·ness n.
unutterably un·ut'ter·a·bly adv.

adjective

That cannot be described: incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, inexpressible, undescribable, unspeakable. Idioms: beyonddescriptionwords, defying description. See words.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: too sacred to be uttered
  Synonyms: ineffable, unnameable, unspeakable

Meaning #2: defying expression or description
  Synonyms: indefinable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, untellable

Meaning #3: very difficult to pronounce correctly
  Synonym: unpronounceable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ubeskrivelig, usigelig, [sl.] unævnelige

Nederlands (Dutch)
onuitsprekelijk, onbeschrijfelijk, onuitspreekbaar

Français (French)
adj. - indicible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unsäglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άφατος, ανείπωτος

Italiano (Italian)
inesprimibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indizível

Русский (Russian)
непроизносимый, неописуемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inenarrable, indescriptible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - outsäglig, obeskrivlig, outtalbar, oartikulerbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无法言表的, 十足的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無法言表的, 十足的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 말로 표현할 수 없는, ~에 철저한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ことばにならない, 話にならない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا يوصف, كامل, يجل عن الوصف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שאין להביעו במלים, בל-יתואר, נורא, גמור‬

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