uncommunicable

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But Bernard Levin, writing in The London Observer that same year, noted that “as a communication of the uncommunicable, ‘Conundrum’ is very good indeed.”

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2020

But they made no sound and what I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Th' inanimate forms, Nature's unchisel'd workmanship—unsullied By man's rude contact—'tis with these I hold Converse and high communion; And from the spirit that lives in them, free And uncommunicable intercourse My soul receives.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

Private and uncommunicable perceptions always remain over, and the worst of it is that those who look for them from the outside never know where.

From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William

She smiled, but the smile only gave you a new thrill; it was vacant and had no joy in it, rather an uncommunicable grief.

From Marm Lisa by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith