indecipherable

[ in-di-sahy-fer-uh-buhl ]

/ ˌɪn dɪˈsaɪ fər ə bəl /

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adjective

not decipherable; illegible.

not understandable; incomprehensible.

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Origin of indecipherable

First recorded in 1795–1805; in-³ + decipherable

OTHER WORDS FROM indecipherable

in·de·ci·pher·a·bil·i·ty, in·de·ci·pher·a·ble·ness, nounin·de·ci·pher·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby indecipherable

indecent, indecent assault, indecent exposure, indeciduate, indeciduous, indecipherable, indecision, indecisive, indecisiveness, indecl., indeclinable

How to use indecipherable in a sentence

Those policies are typically indecipherable legalese and vary from one platform to another.
Facebook Says It Supports Internet Regulation. Here's an Ambitious Proposal That Might Actually Make a Difference|Tom Wheeler|April 5, 2021|Time
Bankruptcy can be a maddeningly complex process, all but indecipherable to those who need it most to get out from the crushing burden of debt.
Check Out These 16 World-Changing Ideas|Nick Fouriezos|March 23, 2021|Ozy
A silver bucket adorned with indecipherable white symbols sits amid candles and small wooden figures of African gods.
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction|Abby Haglage|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Yet how, in this age of protean trends and indecipherable jargon, are we to draw the line?
When Not to Take a Selfie|James Poulos|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Nuclear jargon has evolved into a code that is indecipherable to the layman.
Be Afraid, Very Afraid|Nathaniel Rich|March 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
His edits often were indecipherable, mysterious marks on the side of the page written with a Sharpie.
The Rove You Don't Know|Matt Latimer|March 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Although Valentine and his two comrades might interrogate the desert, it remained dumb and indecipherable as a closed book.
The Pirates of the Prairies|Gustave Aimard
And what a strange and indecipherable "crypto-porticus" would the "Twopenny Tube" prove to some future Middleton of the ages?
Highways and Byways in London|Mrs. E. T. Cook.
Stoddard looked down at the shameful old man with eyes that were indecipherable.
The Power and the Glory|Grace MacGowan Cooke
But what an indecipherable riddle was this building, standing on a site of the Eocene period!
The Tremendous Event|Maurice Leblanc
It satisfied in some measure the vague, indecipherable yearning of my soul; and it was the same with him.
The White Peacock|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

British Dictionary definitions for indecipherable

indecipherable

/ (ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl, -frəbəl) /

adjective

not decipherable; illegible

Derived forms of indecipherable

indecipherability or indecipherableness, nounindecipherably, adverb

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Origin of indecipherable

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