as in illegible
incapable of being read or deciphered
after so many years the paper label in the drawer of the antique desk is indecipherable
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It's presented as a form of thermal vision accompanied by muddled and indecipherable audio.
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Most of the original characters returned, but often briefly, and/or in indecipherable subplots.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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
The actor’s naturally leonine qualities match the character’s Siamese-cat energy: moderately indecipherable, slippery, chaotic, unreliable, totally needy but coveting independence.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 July 2024
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Simon Thompson, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Most of the original characters returned, but often briefly, and/or in indecipherable subplots.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
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
The actor’s naturally leonine qualities match the character’s Siamese-cat energy: moderately indecipherable, slippery, chaotic, unreliable, totally needy but coveting independence.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 July 2024
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“Indecipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecipherable. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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