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unreadable

American  
[uhn-ree-duh-buhl] / ʌnˈri də bəl /

adjective

  1. not readable; undecipherable; scribbled.

    His scrawl was almost unreadable.

  2. not interesting to read; dull; tedious; an unreadable treatise.

  3. extraordinarily difficult to read or comprehend; obscure; incomprehensible.

    an unreadable dream; an unreadable expression.
unreadable British  
/ ʌnˈriːdəbəl /

adjective

  1. illegible; undecipherable

  2. difficult or tedious to read

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Etymology

Origin of unreadable

First recorded in 1795–1805; un- 1 + readable

Example Sentences

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Unreadable doorstops her books may be, but they would seem to reveal something about the psychology of a significant slice of Americans.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2024

Unreadable privacy notices and the inconvenient choice mechanisms were created by the very companies that want to encourage data sharing.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2014

Unreadable to say the least, but heavy in the extreme.

From The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail by Ryus, William H.

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