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Definitions for inaudible
ɪnˈɔ də bəlin·audi·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inaudible, unhearableadjective

    impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear

    "an inaudible conversation"

Wiktionary

  1. inaudibleadjective

    Not able to be heard or not loud enough to be heard.

    Dogs can hear this whistle, but for people it is inaudible.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inaudibleadjective

    Not to be heard; void of sound.

    Etymology: in and audible.

    Let's take the instant by the forward top;
    For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees
    Th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time
    Steals, ere we can effect them. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. inaudible

    Inaudible refers to a sound that is impossible to hear, usually because it is too soft, faint or obscured by other sounds. It is something that is beyond the range of human hearing capability.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inaudibleadjective

    not audible; incapable of being heard; silent

  2. Etymology: [L. inaudibilis; pref. in- not + audire to hear: cf. F. unaudible. See In- not, and Audible.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inaudible

    in-awd′i-bl, adj. not able to be heard.—ns. Inaudibil′ity, Inaud′ibleness.—adv. Inaud′ibly.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inaudible in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inaudible in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of inaudible in a Sentence

  1. Jrgen Altmann:

    One may speculate whether ultrasound( that is inaudible) was used, but projecting it over a considerable distance and/or through walls or closed windows is difficult.

  2. Sun Tzu:

    O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands.

  3. Jean Genet:

    Perhaps all music, even the newest, is not so much something discovered as something that re-emerges from where it lay buried in the memory, inaudible as a melody cut in a disc of flesh. A composer lets me hear a song that has always been shut up silent within me.

  4. Jesse Evans:

    Could you call me as soon as you possibly can ? My( inaudible) and I been involved in a shooting and I need some advice right away. Could you please call me, as soon as you possibly can ? Thanks. Bye.

  5. Brian Laundrie:

    I was holding onto the keys because I didn’t want to go anywhere, and my big fear is — I don’t have my phone. I don’t have a phone. So if she goes off without me (inaudible), I’m on my own.

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