UNARTICULATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Without or deprived of the use of speech or words

Example:

an inarticulate cry

Synonyms:

inarticulate; unarticulate

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

aphasic (unable to speak because of a brain lesion)

aphonic; voiceless (being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech)

dumb; mute; silent (unable to speak because of hereditary deafness)

dumb (lacking the power of human speech)

incoherent; tongue-tied (unable to express yourself clearly or fluently)

mute; tongueless; unspoken; wordless (expressed without speech)

dumb; speechless (temporarily incapable of speaking)

unarticulated (uttered without the use of normal words or syllables)

Also:

incommunicative; uncommunicative (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)