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English Dictionary: inarticulate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inarticulate
adj
  1. without or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry"
    Synonym(s): inarticulate, unarticulate
    Antonym(s): articulate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inarticulate \In`ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. inarticulatus; pref. in-
      not + articulatus articulate.]
      1. Not uttered with articulation or intelligible
            distinctness, as speech or words.
  
                     Music which is inarticulate poesy.      --Dryden.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Not jointed or articulated; having no distinct body
                  segments; as, an inarticulate worm.
            (b) Without a hinge; -- said of an order ({Inarticulata}
                  or {Ecardines}) of brachiopods.
  
      3. Incapable of articulating. [R.]
  
                     The poor earl, who is inarticulate with palsy.
                                                                              --Walpole.
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