indefinable

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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

A certain indefinable, know-it-when-you-hear-it sense of reverence and good cheer?

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

When it’s completely indefinable, it exists as a cloud.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

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

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

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