illegibility
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Prolonged dread is the mark of this moment, of its seeming inscrutability, its illegibility, where the improbable has become likely.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Exploring niche illegibility and abstraction as a Black artist is radical and unpopular, and it was one thing that people scoffed at for my whole career.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
The abstraction of the design renders its daytime illegibility a little less disappointing.
From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2020
I was known, by then, as an overly conscientious student, and most of the teachers ignored the illegibility of my new handwriting.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019
The engraved legends were scored and worn to illegibility, and the meter was merely a black void in the panel.
From Millennium by Cole, Everett B.
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