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unreadable

[uhn-ree-duh-buhl] / ʌnˈri də bəl /


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“I am a deep ‘Star Wars’ fan,” he said in his second week on “The Late Show,” joking that his teleprompter was unreadable because it had angled yellow text like the famous “Star Wars” scroll.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

A strong undercurrent of that lively book is that it’s good to be unreadable and sneaky: “I play it very loose.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Some archivists and futurists see this return to print as a way to counter a "digital dark age" - the idea that photos, videos and text might become unreadable as technology changes.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

But I don’t know that the justices can manage their public image and reputation by continuing to be incomprehensible, unreadable, or jurisdictional.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2025

He stared at me, his eyes dark in the shadows, his expression unreadable.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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