indefinable

indefinable
/in'di fuy"neuh beuhl/, adj.
1. not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
n.
2. something that cannot be defined: the indefinables of great musicianship.
[1800-10; IN-3 + DEFINABLE]

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