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Another word for inarticulate

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Adjective

  1. Lacking the power or faculty of speech

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  2. Temporarily unable or unwilling to speak, as from shock or fear

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Another word for inarticulate

Modifier

  1. Mute

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    dumb

  2. Indistinct

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    obscure

    incoherent

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Sentence Examples

  • - More or less circular, cone-shaped, inarticulate Brachiopoda.

  • The inarticulate R2D2 expresses himself mainly in beeps and boops (which fortunately Threepio understands), but you can usually tell what his main message is by 'tone of voice'.

  • Simple vocal tics include stuttering, stammering, abnormal emphasis of part of a word or phrase, and inarticulate noises such as throat clearing, grunts, and high-pitched sounds.

  • Mel from Suffolk Not all teenagers are completely inarticulate.

  • inarticulate noises would Jack come out with before he said what was on his mind?

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