Meanings
adjectiveuninscribable (not comparable)
- not comparableNot inscribable.
A tone poem, a character study, an inscription of that which is uninscribable. I love this book.
2020 April 29, C Pam Zhang, “Top 10 novels about moving”, in The Guardian
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishinscribable
- Englishuninscribable
From un- + inscribable.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
uninscribable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninscribable
MLA
“uninscribable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninscribable. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninscribable,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninscribable.
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