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
Photos from the scene show the tombstone broken into multiple pieces, its iconic inscription now illegible.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Without these keys, any data that could potentially land in a breach is nothing but illegible noise to nosy onlookers.
—Matthias Pfau, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
My small chronos with similarly elaborate timing scales are pretty much illegible anyways.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
The parcels containing those items will have become undeliverable for a number of reasons, including that the address is inadequate or illegible, or that the person may have moved or there is no return address.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
Without these keys, any data that could potentially land in a breach is nothing but illegible noise to nosy onlookers.
—Matthias Pfau, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
My small chronos with similarly elaborate timing scales are pretty much illegible anyways.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
The parcels containing those items will have become undeliverable for a number of reasons, including that the address is inadequate or illegible, or that the person may have moved or there is no return address.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegible
Adjective
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And according to Melissa's attorney, Paul De Luca, the X-rays the prosecution had provided before the trial were unreadable.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2025
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But Oscar-winning producer Dede Gardner told them the script was unreadable in that format.—
Tim Grierson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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Both parties have spent much of the 21st century using what had been obscure procedural tactics to delay or slowly derail presidential nominees for Cabinet posts, regulatory agency boards and federal judgeships.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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The recent wildfires shine a spotlight on an obscure firefighting charity.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Most of the original characters returned, but often briefly, and/or in indecipherable subplots.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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This relentless, sometimes neurotic-seeming pursuit of clarity has had the ironic effect of rendering much of contemporary philosophy nearly indecipherable to outsiders.—
Alice Gregory,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
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Imagine walking more than 60 miles through a deadly jungle, your children by your side, clinging to the faint hope of safety and a better future.—
Chris Shue,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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Some voiced faint hope that President-elect Donald Trump would support their cause; others accused China’s Communist Party of infiltrating South Korea’s news media.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 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
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When the Giants finally chose Kadarius Toney, a wide receiver from the University of Florida, with the 20th pick in the N.F.L. draft, the team’s fans in Cleveland took a good 10 seconds to start a slow clap, mouthing undecipherable questions beneath their masks.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2021
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Whether this is something the Trump administration will support remains unclear.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Jan. 2025
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Drone restrictions sparked by a spate of mysterious sightings across New Jersey are set to expire this weekend — even though their origins still remain unclear.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Illegible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegible. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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