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unintelligible

[uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl] / ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /


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Paul Pinto's "Unintelligible Response," which followed, concerns Thomas Paine, whom the composer described as "the lowliest of our Founding Fathers, but the most fascinating."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2015

Unintelligible or repulsive in large ways, Pound did have that gift of the ear.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2012

Curtain rises upon a score of Unintelligible Demons, who sing this impressive chorus:     "Oh! um um um um     For um um um um     And um um um um     To um um um um."

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various

Unintelligible as was the meaning of the speaker, his countenance betrayed no gleaming of impatience, his lip no smile of ridicule.

From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by Cooper, James Fenimore

In the Literal sense one speaks of the Sun as a substantial and sensible body; so now it is fit, by image of the Sun, to discourse of the Spiritual and Unintelligible, that is, God.

From The Banquet (Il Convito) by Sayer, Elizabeth Price




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