Definition of "indescribable" []

• Impossible to describe: indescribable views. (adjective)
• Exceeding description: experienced indescribable delight. See Synonyms at unspeakable. (adjective)

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• "I'm tempted to call it "indescribable," except we need to describe it, eh?"
• "ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Nancy, you know, they continue to just be -- I don ` t want to use the word indescribable because, you know, frankly, it ` s my job to try to describe it and seems like a cop-out."
• "On the occasion of the betrothal she had arrived late, dressed in indescribable odds and ends, with an artificial red flower stuck into her frowzy wig."