inarticulatenessn.
The quality or condition of being inarticulate or of not using articulate speech; lack of clear articulation, indistinctness of utterance.
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the mind > language > speech > defective or inarticulate speech > [noun]
oblocution?a1475
hacking1539
misspeaking1650
babble1667
dysphonia1706
inarticulateness1731
inarticulation1765
garble1795
thickness1849
dyslalia1854
dyslaly1856
misarticulation1866
dysarthria1877
dysarthrosis1877
cluttering1878
anarthria1879
inarticulacy1921
dysphasia-
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Inarticulateness, the being not articulate, indistinct, confused.
1891 Spectator 14 Mar. 376/1 Not in the least discouraged by the banter his inarticulateness excited.
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