descriptionlessadj.
/dᵻˈskrɪpʃnləs/, U.S. /dəˈskrɪpʃənləs/, /diˈskrɪpʃənləs/ Originally: beyond description; indescribable. Now chiefly: that has not yet been described; (also) too dull or drab to be described; nondescript.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adjective]
unsayinglyOE
wordlessa1200
unanemneda1225
unspeaking1340
untellablea1382
unenarrable1382
unspeakablea1400
ineffablec1450
inenarrablec1450
indicible1480
enarrable1482
inexplicable1502
inspeakable?1504
innominable1532
unoutspeakable1535
unexpressable1548
innarrable1554
inpronunciable1554
uncommunicable1555
inexprimablea1577
unexpressiblea1586
unutterablea1586
expressless1590
nameless1597
recountless1601
inutterable1603
indeclarable1610
unnameable1610
unreportable1611
speakless1612
unexpressivea1616
inexpressiblea1631
utterless1643
inexpressive1652
unwordablec1660
incommunicable1694
paintless1729
descriptionless1749
undelineable1767
describeless1799
indefinable1810
undescribable1818
unqualifiable1822
untelling1823
utterless1832
unpindownable1915
1749 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts: Pt. I 17 What remorse Descriptionless, at ev'ry sad review!
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 454 That broiling and dusty, but beautiful and quite descriptionlessroad.
1942 Madroño 6 266 The keys..are in excellent contrast to those of most of the descriptionless floras of the past.
2007 I. M. Blumberg Houses of Study p. xv The morning-afternoon divide between what we had called ‘Limudei Kodesh’, Holy Learning, and the banal, descriptionless ‘General Studies’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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