as in unreadable
incapable of being read or deciphered
illegible signatures on the petition will be disregarded
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Recent Examples of illegible
By centering her work on the illegible spaces of Lakȟóta ways of knowing, Kite performs an anti-ethnographic logic, which is to say that her work exists—both in real time and in the archive—in a way that is not accessible to a colonial system of organization and study.
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Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
When the world becomes illegible, the present becomes illegible.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for late, illegible, incomplete entries or entries not received for any reason.
—Time For Kids, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
His talent was unmistakable, his ego was illegible and his time with us unforgettable.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
When the world becomes illegible, the present becomes illegible.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for late, illegible, incomplete entries or entries not received for any reason.
—Time For Kids, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
His talent was unmistakable, his ego was illegible and his time with us unforgettable.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegible
Adjective
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These allergens were not properly identified on the packaging due to print quality issues that rendered ingredient lists and allergen warnings either unreadable or missing.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Luckily, Marybeth knows just how to do that, and before long Affleck’s Christian Wolff has wheeled into town in his trailer, his face unreadable but his spirit somehow willing to help.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There are some opaque methods for opening car tailgates, but Smart’s must be one of the most obscure.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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That brings us to Biden’s cancer, a diagnosis that surely cast a pall over the various book tours and panel discussions on what the Bidens and their handlers did or did not obscure.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Comments Singer, actress, activist, indecipherable social media user — there are many contours to Cher.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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The app translated this information into line graphs that looked impressively medical but were, to me, indecipherable.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Fortunately, telescopic technology has come a long way in the past 95 years, with deep surveys that can capture the passage of a faint object.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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In Court Musk Announces His Exit From Trump Administration—What To Know The faint signal from navigation satellites is easy to jam.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Claims complexity: The billing process between hospitals and insurers is opaque to patients, who often receive surprising and undecipherable bills months after receiving care.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hinton then offered an extremely detailed scientific explanation of why that's the case -- an explanation that would be undecipherable to anyone but an AI creator like himself.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
4 May 2023
Adjective
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When things move fast, when expectations are unclear or when there’s a fear of looking bad, people naturally go into self-protective mode.—
Saby Waraich,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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What remains unclear There are uncertainties about CIF’s changes, especially regarding new placement rules.—
Molly Gibbs,
Sacbee.com,
30 May 2025
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“Illegible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegible. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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