as in incomprehensible
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obfuscatory
Adjective
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Even though arrests have been made, first-degree murder charges have been filed and the victim laid to rest, this case remains an incomprehensible display of human malice.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
8 Mar. 2025 -
Upon agreement, their dialogue shifts to a series of sounds incomprehensible to humans.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His dry market is quite puzzling, considering how many teams could use his services.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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My initial impression was rather puzzling—was this a hotel, a clinic, or a clinic disguised as a hotel?—
Tiziana Cardini,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The sound mix can be a little fuzzy wuzzy at times, dropping whole stretches of lyrics into almost indecipherable murkiness.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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The capability allowed users to encrypt almost all of their iCloud data, making messages, notes, photos and iPhone backups indecipherable, even when the information was stored in cloud computing centers.—
Tripp Mickle,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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When breaches do occur, the notifications are often vague or slow to arrive, leaving users unaware of the risks they have been exposed to—and unsure of how to respond effectively.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Cooking up breakfast, lunch and dinner miles from the vaguest evidence of human civilization becomes easier than ever before.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Secondly, the money doesn't line up properly, unless the Cowboys for some inexplicable reason are willing to take back Deshaun Watson.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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My case is a bit more extreme because the pain is inexplicable, but the mind is very important — very, very important.—
Mario Cortegana,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the second episode, Arthur and his queen, Guinevere, are presiding over a feast when it is interrupted by a mysterious visitor, a blind harpist, guided into court by a white dog.—
Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The first season saw Charles eventually wrap the case and leave the nursing home to return to his life, but ended with the PI calling him again to seek his help on a mysterious new case.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For them, the cloud isn’t nebulous but a physical system that must be built, paid for, and maintained.—
Matthew Hutson,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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This has created a nebulous and slightly contradictory public perception of AI.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Chicagoans may be following the back and forth between the City Council and Chicago Public Schools leadership over an obscure pension payment and wonder how does this affect me?—
Jason Ervin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Couple that with obscure sourcing practices, harmful environmental impacts, and questionable animal welfare practices, and the cost of it all starts to add up.—
Sam Delgado,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Obfuscatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscatory. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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