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Inarticulateness

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in·ar·tic·u·late  (när-tky-lt)
adj.
1. Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language: "a cry . . . that . . . sank down into an inarticulate whine" Jack London.
2. Unable to speak; speechless: inarticulate with astonishment.
3. Unable to speak with clarity or eloquence: an inarticulate debater.
4. Going unexpressed: inarticulate sorrow.
5. Biology Not having joints or segments.
inar·ticu·late·ly adv.
inar·ticu·late·ness, inar·ticu·la·cy (-l-s) n.
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Jerry, who heard, registered, and recognized many words that were as truly tools of thought to him as they were to humans, but who, by inarticulateness of birth and breed, could not utter these many words, nevertheless in his mental processes, used images just as articulate men use words in their own mental processes.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
He was confused, painfully conscious of his inarticulateness.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
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