Explore Unpronounceable through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like unutterable or uncommunicative. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Unpronounceable in a sentence
Unpronounceable meaning
Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate.
Synonyms of Unpronounceable
Using Unpronounceable
- The main meaning on this page is: Impossible or difficult to pronounce or articulate.
- Useful related words include: pronounceable, unutterable, uncommunicative, incommunicative.
- In the example corpus, unpronounceable often appears in combinations such as: an unpronounceable.
Context around Unpronounceable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Unpronounceable
- In this selection, "unpronounceable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, university, something, means, name, names and jumbles stand out and add context to how "unpronounceable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and something unpronounceable like seven and consists of unpronounceable jumbles of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "unpronounceable" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with unpronounceable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their names were Ari and something unpronounceable, like seven vowels and an ‘L’. (13 words)
It’s unpronounceable to my tongue but means to live a life of beauty, balance, and blessing with intention — all the time. (22 words)
Characters Heinlein reportedly named his main character "Smith" because of a speech he made at a science fiction convention regarding the unpronounceable names assigned to extraterrestrials. (26 words)
When his pleas were met with silence, he started to suspect his obscure foreign university, unpronounceable name, and lack of english skills might be somewhat of a barrier to the expectations he had formed back in Turkey. (37 words)
In Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu the inscription on the base of an idol of Cthulhu is first described as "gibberish" because it consists of unpronounceable jumbles of consonants, not meant for human vocal organs. (36 words)
The Delsons, who hailed from the prestigious Jewish center of Vilna, considered the Sapirs to be rural upstarts and were less than impressed with Sapir's career in an unpronounceable academic field. (32 words)
Example sentences (8)
Unpronounceable by humans, the only creature who could say Jasmine's real name was a demon known as the Keeper of the Name, whose mouth was sewn shut.
It’s unpronounceable to my tongue but means to live a life of beauty, balance, and blessing with intention — all the time.
When his pleas were met with silence, he started to suspect his obscure foreign university, unpronounceable name, and lack of english skills might be somewhat of a barrier to the expectations he had formed back in Turkey.
Their names were Ari and something unpronounceable, like seven vowels and an ‘L’.
Characters Heinlein reportedly named his main character "Smith" because of a speech he made at a science fiction convention regarding the unpronounceable names assigned to extraterrestrials.
In Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu the inscription on the base of an idol of Cthulhu is first described as "gibberish" because it consists of unpronounceable jumbles of consonants, not meant for human vocal organs.
Liddell, Henry George ; Scott, Robert ; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project which means "unpronounceable", "voiceless", or "silent", because stops could not be pronounced without a vowel.
The Delsons, who hailed from the prestigious Jewish center of Vilna, considered the Sapirs to be rural upstarts and were less than impressed with Sapir's career in an unpronounceable academic field.
Common combinations with unpronounceable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an unpronounceable 2×