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indefinable

[in-di-fahy-nuh-buhl] / ˌɪn dɪˈfaɪ nə bəl /


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That is what cinema is all about, an indefinable presence, faces full of expression, voices that cannot be easily replicated, eyes that channel energy that can move and frighten and surprise us.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

It expresses a general anxiety the prompt of which is indefinable, a nagging sense that has no singularly compelling explanation.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2024

The crushing of the belief that the Seattle ballclub, by dint of some indefinable flaw in their DNA, would always wilt and wither in crunchtime.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2022

And there is plenty of beauty in the play’s abstractions; at its heart “Epiphany” is a love letter to the indefinable and unnameable.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2022

The houses, painted blue, then painted red, had ended up with an indefinable coloration.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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