Meanings
- archaicliterarynot comparableIncapable of being uttered.
Thin lines of care about her mouth, And utterless longings in her eyes.
1935, James Weldon Johnson, “If I Were Paris”, in Saint Peter Relates an Incident, Penguin, published 1993, page 592 more examples
Tis true, an adultres cannot be sham’d anough by any publick proceeding; but that woman whose honour is not appeach’t, is lesse injur’d by a silent dismission, being otherwise not illiberally dealth with, then to endure a clamouring debate of utterles things, in a busines of that civil secrecy and difficult discerning, as not to be over-much question’d by neerest friends.
1643, John Milton, The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, London, page 451820, John Keats, Hyperion, Book 2, in Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: Taylor and Hessey, pp. 173-174, […] there is a noise Among immortals when a God gives sign, With hushing finger, how he means to load His tongue with the full weight of utterless thought, With thunder, and with music, and with pomp:
Synonyms: ineffable, unutterable
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adjectiveIncapable of being uttered.
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utterless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/utterless
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