Synonyms for unreadable
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Illegible — not written clearly enough to be deciphered
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not written clearly enough to be deciphered.
a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments
Related words
- Word family
- unreadability unreadableness unreadably
Example sentences
- illegible If what you write is illegible, I won't correct it.
- indecipherable Tom speaks English with an indecipherable accent.
- undecipherable Creation is an undecipherable mystery.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unreadable | rising | |
| illegible | falling | |
| indecipherable | rising | |
| undecipherable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- unclear2
- 9 letters
- illegible4
- 14 letters
- indecipherable, undecipherable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unclear2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- illisible
- Italiano
- illeggibile
- Deutsch
- unlesbar