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illegible

[ih-lej-uh-buhl] / ɪˈlɛdʒ ə bəl /


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The first episode investigated that illegible signature and the pigments possibly used on the canvas, including Prussian blue and ivory black.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

School used to be, in theory, the one place a young person got to stay illegible.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Both the paintings and the earthenware are scribbled with an illegible stream of consciousness poetry that Finley is channeling while making the work — often only visible in texture when the light hits right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

"They were tasked with delivering 17 million pieces of mail that had been just thrown into hangers, that had been mouldy and a lot of the names on the letters were illegible," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024

The handwriting was practically illegible but words here and there stood out with unexpected clarity.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie


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