unintelligible
adjective
not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
unintelligibility
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a word derived from
unintelligible.
Example Sentences
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Kaufmann opted instead for a consistent legato, sometimes at odds with the orchestra and, in extreme cases, slurring phrases into unintelligibility.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
But even then, the compensation for one form of unintelligibility is the over-intelligibility of conventional athletic dance, entertaining at first until it becomes numbingly familiar, as is the generally banal, old-fashioned staging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2018
After showing footage of Giuliani’s interview with Stephanopoulos, Kimmel joked about the unintelligibility of Giuliani’s words.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2018
A few theories: simple component parts, weaponized unintelligibility, dark innuendo, and power signifiers.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2016
The example of these three masters of the vaudeville, while determining his vocation, made him diffident; and for some time he composed nothing but amphigouris—verses whose merit was measured by their unintelligibility.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
