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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

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

That distinction would have to go to “Finnegans Wake,” a book that has been described as unreadable even by its most fervent admirers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

Bod wondered if it was longing that he saw on Silas’s face, or sorrow, or something else, but his guardian’s face was unreadable.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman