unreadable
Americanadjective
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not readable; undecipherable; scribbled.
His scrawl was almost unreadable.
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not interesting to read; dull; tedious; an unreadable treatise.
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extraordinarily difficult to read or comprehend; obscure; incomprehensible.
an unreadable dream; an unreadable expression.
adjective
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illegible; undecipherable
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difficult or tedious to read
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Etymology
Origin of unreadable
Example Sentences
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It’s an eye-crossing quantity of goodwill, so insipid and repetitive as to become unreadable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
But while Melling is always endearingly open and responsive, Skarsgård stays unreadable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Her expression is unreadable, at once thoughtful, curious, interested and detached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2025
But I don’t know that the justices can manage their public image and reputation by continuing to be incomprehensible, unreadable, or jurisdictional.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2025
Then she looked up at me, her expression unreadable.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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