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
Under California privacy laws, it should have been shredded or rendered unreadable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Some archivists and futurists see this return to print as a way to counter a "digital dark age" - the idea that photos, videos and text might become unreadable as technology changes.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
The commandant stood up and stared at her, his eyes gray and unreadable.
From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen
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