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ineffable

adjective / in-EF-uh-buhl / Hard
Meaning

Too great, profound, or sacred to be expressed in words.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin ineffabilis, from in, not, plus effabilis, utterable, from effari, to speak out.

Synonyms
inexpressible indescribable unutterable transcendent
Antonyms
expressible describable ordinary mundane
Example Sentence
"For many communities the value of a sacred grove is ineffable, resisting the price tags that development projects assign to land."
🎯 UPSC Usage

Enriches GS1 culture and GS4 ethics essays on intangible values and the limits of economic valuation. Use it to defend the non-monetary, for example, 'the ineffable worth of cultural heritage cannot be captured in a cost-benefit sheet.'

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