unintelligible
[uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buh l]
- not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
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Origin of unintelligible
Synonyms
See more synonyms for unintelligible on Thesaurus.comincomprehensible, baffling, undecipherable.
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Examples from the Web for unintelligible
Contemporary Examples
The Thompsons, while goofy and simple and often unintelligible, really and truly loved each other.
But in this case, their anger could end up amounting to more than just an unintelligible rant on Twitter.
The microphones in the chamber were off so that what she was saying was unintelligible on the floor and to viewers on C-SPAN.
The microphones in the chamber were off during the vote so that what she was saying was unintelligible on the floor.
For all of the breathless, unintelligible talk about the Higgs, think of it this way.
Historical Examples
Evelyn made some incoherent response, unintelligible to Grace.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
"All this is unintelligible to me," responded my guide, with indifference.
A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse")Nathaniel Hawthorne
Let us now listen to a conversation which we hope will not be quite so unintelligible.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Every proposition, which is not true, is there confused and unintelligible.
My principle vindicates God from unintelligible abstractions.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
unintelligible
- not able to be understood; incomprehensible
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Word Origin and History for unintelligible
adj.
1610s, "incapable of being understood," from un- (1) "not" + intelligible. Related: Unintelligibly.
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