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# inaudible

«inaudible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Too quiet to be heard** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inaudible)

### meaning for a pupil

Too quiet to be heard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on sound: dog whistles make sounds inaudible to humans; very high or low sounds are outside our hearing range. In everyday life: «Your answer was inaudible — speak up.»

### examples

- Her whisper was almost inaudible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#x1)
- Dog whistles are inaudible to people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#x2)
- The teacher's voice was inaudible over the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#x3)
- Some bat calls are inaudible to humans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#x4)
- His answer was inaudible, so I asked him to repeat it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#x5)
- The phone rang but it was inaudible in the busy street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/#x6)

### note

Opposite: audible. Adverb: inaudibly. Related: audio, audience (both about hearing). Spelling: -ible.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inaudible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inaudible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.