Definitions for inarticulate

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inarticulate in·ar·tic·u·late

Spelling: [in-ahr-tik-yuh-lit]

IPA: /ˌɪn ɑrˈtɪk yə lɪt/

Inarticulate is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1110 anagrams from letters in inarticulate (aaceiilnrttu).

Definitions for inarticulate

adjective

1. lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech:
2. unable to use articulate speech:
3. not articulate; not uttered or emitted with expressive or intelligible modulations:
4. not fully expressed or expressible:
5. Anatomy, Zoology. not jointed; having no articulation or joint.

Origin of inarticulate

From the Late Latin word inarticulātus, dating back to 1595-1605. See in-³, articulate

Examples for inarticulate

He did not speak, but he made an inarticulate noise between a grunt and a sniff.

Nevertheless, there was no anger in Dr. Ed's mind, only a vague and inarticulate regret.

His love partook of the nature of worship, dumb, inarticulate, a silent adoration.

Joe Biden got in trouble for calling Barack Obama “articulate,” but inarticulate is fine, right?

Mere decades earlier, American Jews had watched, trembling and inarticulate, as European Jews were destroyed.

Ignorant and inarticulate as he was, he and his handlers knew how to create at least an ersatz aura of seriousness.

Don Draper is an inarticulate slob compared to Richard Dawson.

Then a strange, inarticulate cry was smothered in her throat.

There was silence as deep as before, after one short, inarticulate murmur.

At the simplest level, it shows that the character is inarticulate, which in film often indicates a troubled past.