indecipherable

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Until recently, Mayan script was indecipherable; Mr. Stuart is among the few who helped to unlock it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The defining complaint about the sacked Dutchman was that after two-and-a-bit seasons the football was still formless and the tactical direction indecipherable.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

You can do that through cheap tricks, or you can see that, despite the importance of place and the deep meaning rural people have in particular, their concerns, anxieties, and hopes are not indecipherable.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2024

Fox News aired several minutes of blurry footage of Mr. Trump meeting with a Border Patrol agent in Eagle Pass, Texas, though the audio was often indecipherable.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

She tried to read his face but was met by a look that was indecipherable: the cheerful, cretinous grin at odds with the narrow, half-desperate look in his eyes.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini