inarticulateadjective
uk/ˌɪn.ɑːˈtɪk.jə.lət/us/ˌɪn.ɑːrˈtɪk.jə.lət/unable to express feelings or ideas clearly, or expressed in a way that is difficult to understand:
When it comes to expressing their emotions, some people are hopelessly inarticulate.
His speech was inarticulate and it was obvious he had been drinking.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- equivocal
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- obscure
- opaque
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- recherché
- veiled
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inarticulately
adverb uk/ˌɪn.ɑːˈtɪk.jə.lət.li/us/ˌɪn.ɑːrˈtɪk.jə.lət.li/
inarticulacy
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.ɑːˈtɪk.jə.lə.si/us/ˌɪn.ɑːrˈtɪk.jə.lə.si/also inarticulateness, uk/-nəs/us