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confused, digressive: She sat through an inarticulate lecture
on Joyce's use of the subjunctive. 2 mumbled, garbled, blurred,
muffled, muttered, faltering, halting, indistinct, unclear,
unintelligible: They communicate with each other in
inarticulate grunts. 3 speechless, tongue-tied, (struck) dumb,
mute, voiceless: Ed is inarticulate when it comes to describing
Vera.
inattentive
n. unobservant, heedless, careless, negligent, neglectful,
indifferent, uncaring, apathetic, slack, remiss, unconcerned,
detached, unmindful, distracted, distrait(e), absent-minded,
abstracted, in a brown study, day-dreaming, oscitant,
wool-gathering, musing, oblivious, (with one's head) in the
clouds, in a world of one's own: It was late and the children
were getting restless and inattentive.
inaudible adj. unheard, imperceptible, indistinct, low, faint, muted,
quiet, soft, muffled, stifled: The film was good, although some
of the dialogue was inaudible.
inaugurate
v. 1 initiate, begin, commence, enter upon, start, introduce,
usher in, institute, launch, originate, set up, get under way,
get going: A new programme of health services has been
inaugurated. 2 install or instal, induct, invest, establish,
instate: The President was inaugurated last week.
inauspicious
adj. unpromising, unlucky, unfortunate, unfavourable,
unpropitious, untoward, ill-starred, ominous, ill-omened,
ill-fated, portentous, menacing, doomed, sinister, dark, gloomy,
cloudy, clouded, black: The middle of a recession is an
inauspicious time to set up a business.
inborn adj. innate, congenital, inherent, inherited, hereditary,
inbred, natural, native, constitutional, deep-seated,
deep-rooted, ingrained, instinctive or instinctual, Technical
connate: A gift for music is inborn.
incandescent
adj. glowing, red-hot, white-hot, alight, aflame, flaming,
burning, fiery, candent, flaring: Light-bulbs contain an