illegible

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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

There is an illegible history that you only really learn growing up in a place.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

For example, personal information on a ticket stub could be replaced with illegible letters, or a private building exchanged for a fake building or other landscape features.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

I quickly explained everything as best I could, my handwriting was becoming illegible, he said, “Oskar wouldn’t lie to me.”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer