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inarticulation

noun
/ˌɪn.ɑː(ɹ).tɪk.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/UK

Etymology

From in- + articulation.

  1. derived from articulatio
  2. derived from articulacion
  3. inherited from articulacioun
  4. prefixed as inarticulation — “in + articulation”

Definitions

  1. The state of being inarticulate

    The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.

    • "The inarticulation of a fond father in an undemonstrative family setting is brought out admirably..."

  2. Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is…

    Any point in the educational system in which the development of the individual is hindered.

    • "Another traditional source of inarticulation is the requirement of an eighth-grade diploma for entrance to high school."

  3. An inarticulate or underarticulated utterance.

    • "There are some methods of jargonification that became established quite early... These include verb doubling, sound-alike slang, the '-P' convention, overgeneralization, spoken inarticulations, and anthropomorphization."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inarticulation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA