unintelligibility
Example Sentences
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Kaufmann opted instead for a consistent legato, sometimes at odds with the orchestra and, in extreme cases, slurring phrases into unintelligibility.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
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
A few theories: simple component parts, weaponized unintelligibility, dark innuendo, and power signifiers.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2016
The mysteriousness of life is one thing, the psychological unintelligibility of a dramatic character is quite another; and the second does not show the first, it shows only the incapacity or folly of the dramatist.
From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley
