utterlessadj.
/ˈʌtəlɪs/ 1.
a. Incapable of being uttered; unutterable.
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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
1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 45 To endure a clamouring debate of utterles things.
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 174 How he means to load His tongue with the full weight of utterless thought.
1840 J. R. Lowell Moon 12 Its only voice a vast dumb moan, Of utterless anguish speaking.
a1893 C. Rossetti Poems (1904) 271/2 Pangs of utterless desire.
b. Incapable of being expressed or described; inexpressible.
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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
1832 D. M. Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 31 238 Cold were the heart, and bigoted indeed, Which..Could destine all that differ'd from his creed To utterless perdition.
1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman i. 14 By thine eternal youth, And coeternal utterless dishonour.
2. Incapable of utterance; speechless. rare.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vocal disorders > [adjective] > dumb
speechlessa1000
dumbc1000
deaf and dumb?c1225
mutec1400
tongueless1447
voiceless1535
wordless1648
tongue-tied1707
deaf-dumb1822
deaf-mute1837
utterless1854
unspeakable1888
1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxiii. 100 As a trusting maid who waits Her far false lover,..Chilled with the bitter day where love is not, Blighted and mute,..Stands utterless.
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