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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

Yes, my pretty one, what is the Unintelligible but the Ideal? what is the Ideal but the Beautiful? what the Beautiful but the Eternal?

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The cast includes a Vague Baronet and his Managing Wife, their Slangy Daughter, their Unpleasant Neighbor and his wife and daughter, an Unintelligible Dutchman, an Innocuous Youth, a Disagreeable Lawyer, and the Merchant Prince.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 05, April 30, 1870 by Various

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




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