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description

In most cases, "description" is a countable noun (e.g., "a detailed description"). However, when used in the phrase "beyond description," it acts as an uncountable noun to mean that something is too extreme or beautiful to be put into words. When describing people or objects, we usually use the preposition "of" after the word (e.g., "a description of the car").

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🎬Tuesday afternoon, Maya is helping Ryan list his old gaming chair on a resale app.
Maya

Your listing is a joke. Write a proper description or it'll never sell.

Maya
Ryan
Ryan

Idk what else to say. It's a chair.

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Maya is being her typical brutally honest self, criticizing Ryan's lack of effort in writing a product description for his listing. The phrase 'is a joke' is used as an idiom meaning something is ridiculously inadequate or pathetic.

Meanings

noun

A spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event.

"The witness gave a detailed description of the suspect to the police."

noun

A distinctive attribute or characteristic of something.

"The house was beyond description in its beauty."

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