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unintelligible

[uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl] / ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /


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Assuming viewers understood the history of English soccer — or even the offside rule — could make the broadcasts unintelligible for new fans who understood neither.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Nor did he deploy the jargon and mathematics that today render the deliberations of the doctors of economics unintelligible to any but a fellow adept.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The practice could be seen everywhere on the daily commute, adorned on walls, tunnels and metal shutters - always unintelligible, loud and colourful.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025

Properly gauging product categories, individual relations, and cost calculations takes up a whopping amount of pages, complete with all kinds of jargon unintelligible to the lay consumer.

From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2025

Forms leaned together in the taxis as they waited, and voices sang, and there was laughter from unheard jokes, and lighted cigarettes outlined unintelligible gestures inside.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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