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UNARTICULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unarticulate mean?
• UNARTICULATE (adjective)
The adjective UNARTICULATE has 1 sense:
1. without or deprived of the use of speech or words
Familiarity information: UNARTICULATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without or deprived of the use of speech or words
Synonyms:
inarticulate; unarticulate
Context example:
an inarticulate cry
Similar:
aphasic (unable to speak because of a brain lesion)
aphonic; voiceless (being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech)
dumb; mute; silent (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)
dumb (lacking the power of human speech)
incoherent; tongue-tied (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently)
mute; tongueless; unspoken; wordless (expressed without speech)
dumb; speechless (temporarily incapable of speaking)
unarticulated (uttered without the use of normal words or syllables)
Also:
incommunicative; uncommunicative (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)
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