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inarticulate

 adjective
     
in‧ar‧tic‧u‧late
1 not able to express your feelings clearly or easily [≠ articulate]:
He left me inarticulate with rage.
2 speech that is inarticulate is not clearly expressed or pronounced [≠ articulate]:
Making an inarticulate sound, he turned away.
—inarticulately adverb
—inarticulateness also inarticulacy noun [uncountable and countable]
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