ungraspable

/ʌnˈɡɹɑːspəb(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

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adj

"It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all."
"Before, somewhere and time ungraspable, blurred and beset with bewildering details, she had lain alone in bed, listening to gladsome bird voices, mingled with a sense of distressed humanity."
"Voldemorting is the anti-SEO, the anti-keyword, and the anti-hashtag. It transforms your subject from a single mass into an ungraspable swarm."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English grasp Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English graspable English ungraspable From un- + graspable.

ungraspability ungraspably

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How do you pronounce ungraspable?

The recorded pronunciation is /ʌnˈɡɹɑːspəb(ə)l/.

What does ungraspable mean?

Not able to be reached or grasped.

Where does ungraspable come from?

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