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unintelligibility

NOUN
incoherence
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Cumbersomely, phrases are italicized to the point of unintelligibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

After showing footage of Giuliani’s interview with Stephanopoulos, Kimmel joked about the unintelligibility of Giuliani’s words.

From The Guardian ● May 8, 2018

At times during the trial, it was unclear how much unintelligibility was caused by mistranslation and how much by the deliberate indirection of witnesses.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015

All the while the veteran vocalist Joan La Barbara read from “Unpacking My Library,” Walter Benjamin’s classic essay about collecting books, her voice distorted and deepened to the point of unintelligibility.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2012

He announced the two names with elaborate unintelligibility, but Idina at once introduced her companion as Miss Jewett of St. Louis.

From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker




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