undefinable

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Recent Examples of undefinable Miryang is neither a respite for Shin-ae nor an escape, but rather some undefinable cross between the two. Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024 Brady: …give me a sense of what that means, because that’s a term that people can immediately read as somewhere in that mid-market that’s kind of undefinable and sometimes hard to grow. Fortune Editors, Fortune, 24 July 2024 The answer to that pursuit can be found only in something given little attention in laboratories, classrooms and battlefields — the undefinable, unscientific realm of art. Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024 There’s one full of hair, a play on the undefinable ick one feels when one spots a stray hair in the sink or on the shower wall. Nora Taylor, Curbed, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for undefinable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undefinable
Adjective
  • The talking stage seems to be a paradoxical, almost liminal space: both liberating and frustrating, full of potential yet undefined.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Timothy Bechtel, a senior professor of geosciences at undefined in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, told the Bergen Record that most sinkholes are caused by precipitation and begin with a manmade void or a natural cave.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Unworthy takes place an indeterminate amount of time after an unspecified global catastrophe.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Anyone who's ever grown an indeterminate tomato plant or sprawling squash vine in their garden knows that many edibles need a strong support system to maximize your harvest.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Hubble Space Telescope captured a new image of NGC 5530, which is classified as a flocculent spiral galaxy due to its patchy and indistinct arms, according to a statement from the European Space Agency (ESA).
    Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Real estate off-track isn’t frothy if indistinct window dressing — no Donk.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Aside from the retroactive tariffs expected to be announced this afternoon by the White House, not only is the imposition of secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian highly uncertain, but their possible nature remains inscrutable.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • And the partnership comes as TikTok’s future in the U.S. is uncertain.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • What remains undetermined is the status of MFN Partners, the hedge fund that scooped up more than 40 percent of Yellow’s shares during the early stages of the bankruptcy process two years ago.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 1 Apr. 2025
  • At this time, the containment status is unknown and the cause of the fire remains undetermined.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Swerdlow noted that the affordable and public housing units in his buildings will be indistinguishable from the workforce apartments and that all residents will have access to amenities like gyms, gardens and swimming pools.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • While there’s still inventive shrapnel worth excavating from the demolition zone, so much of modern phonk feels optimized to be indistinguishable so gymgoers and gamers can hit play and cede control, racking up streams endlessly.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The weirdest, most inexplicable part of the bizarre spectacle?
    Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
  • President Trump has cited this supposedly inexplicable trend.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Undefinable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undefinable. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

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