indecipherable
[in-di-sahy-fer-uh-buh l]
- not decipherable; illegible.
- not understandable; incomprehensible.
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Origin of indecipherable
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Examples from the Web for indecipherable
Contemporary Examples
A silver bucket adorned with indecipherable white symbols sits amid candles and small wooden figures of African gods.
Yet how, in this age of protean trends and indecipherable jargon, are we to draw the line?
Nuclear jargon has evolved into a code that is indecipherable to the layman.
His edits often were indecipherable, mysterious marks on the side of the page written with a Sharpie.
Historical Examples
A welter of indecipherable radio and communication-screen signals.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
He had almost entirely deciphered the indecipherable document.
In Search of the CastawaysJules Verne
It is so tattered that one stanza, the last, is indecipherable and had to be omitted.
Poems of American HistoryVarious
Inside this stood a building the name of which is indecipherable.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & AssyriaLewis Spence
And then, I am sorry to say, the cryptogram is indecipherable.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the AmazonJules Verne
indecipherable
- not decipherable; illegible
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Word Origin and History for indecipherable
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