unspecifiable

Examples

• All

• He also creates an alternative of a higher order of ambiguity, one that is not only unspecified but necessarily unspecifiable.

  Academic text (2000)

• The value of this unspecifiable "us" is readily understood.

  Academic text (2000)

• Beauty: a pleasing quality associated with harmony of form or color; excellence of craftsmanship; truthfulness, originality, or another often unspecifiable property.

  Bruno (2000)

• The paradoxes of the Grecian urn tie the work of art to its mortal creator and his world, however great the expense, and however attenuated and finally unspecifiable the pleasures.

  Academic text (1997)

• The concept of beauty often includes an unspecifiable quality that is difficult to define.

• His feelings for her were deep and unspecifiable, making it hard for him to express them.

• There is an unspecifiable charm in the old town that attracts many visitors.

Synonyms

U

unexplainable

vsunspecifiable

19 7.0

Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for

focuses instead on inability to describe or state exact details

U

unknowable

vsunspecifiable

19 7.4

Something you cannot find out or understand

relates to describing or stating something exactly rather than knowing it

I

indefinable

vsunspecifiable

4 6.9

Hard to describe or explain in words

highlights the same exactness problem but with wider wording

U

undefinable

vsunspecifiable

3 6.8

Hard to describe exactly in words

is broader, stressing that it cannot be stated exactly

U

unquantifiable

vsunspecifiable

1 7.8

Impossible to measure or show with a number

concerns description and exact wording rather than measurable amount

I

indeterminable

vsunspecifiable

1 7.7

You cannot know for sure

focuses on exact wording and description rather than decision outcome

U

unnamable

vsunspecifiable

1 7.7

Too hard to describe in words

applies more generally to failing to describe or state exactly

U

unrepresentable

vsunspecifiable

• Specialized

1 8.8

Something that a computer system cannot show or describe

is about general failure to describe or state things exactly

U

undeterminable

vsunspecifiable

7.6

It is not possible to know for sure

is about failure to describe or state exact meaning, not decision

U

unascertainable

vsunspecifiable

9.8

Not possible to find out for certain

concerns inability to describe or state exact features rather than discovery

Antonyms

D

definable

6 3.7

A thing you can describe clearly or show its clear limits

S

specifiable

1 7.0

Able to be described clearly and in detail

How Definable

definable

6 3.7

imprecise

14 5.5

vague

230 4.6

unspecifiable

8.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology