inaudible
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5.6
- adjective
- /ɪˈnɔːdəbl/
:
inaudible
- Meanwhile, someone had put on an old, almost inaudible Bessie Smith record.
- almost inaudible
- inaudible voice
- inaudible sound
So it's on and and as I say, it's out and the books are both inaudible.
- So it's on and and as I say, it's out and the books are both inaudible.
- OK so here's a question from Inaudible through glass.
- So I tore through this thing and now it's now it's inaudible.
Examples
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Here, her voice became inaudible, and tears for a while prevented him from making a reply.
Academic text (1992) -
" Yes? " A voice said something, inaudible from where Leia was sitting.
Fiction book (1991) -
" He said it quietly enough so that it was inaudible yet polite.
Fiction book (2001) -
There is the low growl of something here, inaudible, but here nonetheless.
Fiction book (1993) -
The TV, usually blaring, was inaudible, and Margaret picked up every murmur and splash in the bathroom.
Fiction book (1999) -
The air ticked around you, thick with some amazing insect song inaudible to the adult ear.
Fiction book (2001) -
Their voices were rendered inaudible, and their accounts displaced by official adulation for the hydroelectric project.
Academic text (2005) -
Especially, says Helen with her breathless near-inaudible laugh, if you don't love yourself.
Fiction book (1992) -
Housebound elders may be invisible and inaudible to their well-intentioned neighbors and may be isolated in general.
Academic text (2007) -
During the lecture, the professor spoke in an inaudible tone, making it difficult for the students to follow along.
Synonyms
76
4.9
Not noticed because nobody listened
9
7.8
Very small or slight and hard to notice
4
8.8
Hard to see, hear, or notice
Too quiet for people to notice with their ears
Too small, slow, or quiet for people to notice
Too small to be seen, heard, or noticed
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
inaudible = audible (transparent) = in + aud + ible
The negative prefix 'in-' attaches straightforwardly to 'audible' to mean 'not able to be heard'.
Etymology
Inaudible is made from in- meaning 'not' and the root aud- meaning 'hear', the same root you see in audio and audible. So inaudible simply means 'not able to be heard'.