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unreadable

[uhn-ree-duh-buhl] / ʌnˈri də bəl /
ADJECTIVE
illegible
Synonyms
STRONGEST
incomprehensible indecipherable
WEAK
cacographic crabbed difficult to read hard to make out scrawled scribbled unclear undecipherable

Example Sentences

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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

Under California privacy laws, it should have been shredded or rendered unreadable.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

The BBC has seen a copy of the judgement which includes the report and a two-page prescription which shows the doctor's unreadable scrawl.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 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

When he tried to open the image, his viewer reported that the file was unreadable.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir