unreadable

[ uhn-ree-duh-buh l ]

/ ʌnˈri də bəl /

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adjective

not readable; undecipherable; scribbled: His scrawl was almost unreadable.

not interesting to read; dull; tedious; an unreadable treatise.

extraordinarily difficult to read or comprehend; obscure; incomprehensible: an unreadable dream; an unreadable expression.

Origin of unreadable

First recorded in 1795–1805; un-¹ + readable

OTHER WORDS FROM unreadable

un·read·a·bil·i·ty, un·read·a·ble·ness, noun un·read·a·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH unreadable

illegible illiterate unreadable

Words nearby unreadable

unquote, unraped, unravel, unreactive, unread, unreadable, unready, unreal, unrealistic, unreality, unrealizable

Example sentences from the Web for unreadable

Hamilton would soak the cardboard packaging of the EPO until the label was unreadable.

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The John Edwards Verdict Waiting Game |Diane Dimond |May 26, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Their books tried hard to be edgy and hipper-than-thou, but ended up being an unreadable mess instead.

A Wicked L.A. Noir |David J. Montgomery |July 25, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Page 212, subscript for O in chemical formula was unreadable.

Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare |C. W. Sleeman

There is something genuine, honest, gentlemanly, and unreadable in him.

Our Churches and Chapels |Atticus
There was the beginning of a stiff smile, unreadable, as his eyes fixed on Christopher Wright.

West Of The Sun |Edgar Pangborn
He is a proof that a translator may perfectly understand the language of his original, and yet produce an unreadable translation.

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It is one of the few instances of a devotional book which is not unreadable.

The English Church in the Eighteenth Century |Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton

British Dictionary definitions for unreadable

unreadable

/ (ʌnˈriːdəbəl) /

adjective

illegible; undecipherable

difficult or tedious to read

Derived forms of unreadable

unreadability or unreadableness, noun unreadably, adverb

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