indecipherable
adjective
in·de·ci·pher·able
ˌin-di-ˈsī-f(ə-)rə-bəl 
: incapable of being deciphered
indecipherable writing
an indecipherable message
Examples of indecipherable in a Sentence
His handwriting is almost indecipherable.
after so many years the paper label in the drawer of the antique desk is indecipherable
Recent Examples on the Web
My basic argument was that the market, for whatever its indecipherable reasons might be, had a ravenous appetite for dot-coms and no interest whatsoever in a fine widget company.
—
Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 3 June 2024
Unlike the Latin alphabet of romance languages, Greek letters are indecipherable for English speakers, making the language more difficult to learn than Romance languages such as Spanish, Italian, and French.
—Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
My son was using maple syrup to trace an indecipherable design on the kitchen table.
—Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The cover art similarly features Twigs’ face breaking through a nearly indecipherable image, with the members of Two Shell on either side of her.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024
Her criticisms of Trump were so muted as to be almost indecipherable.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
That skin usually involves some combination of advanced jargon that’s generally indecipherable, the wielding of sophisticated mathematical tools for describing nature, and, of course, the fancy technical gear for making measurements and observations.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
Under this cost-plus model, drugs will be transparently and straightforwardly priced based on the amount CVS paid for the drugs, plus a small markup–a sea change from the indecipherable, opaque, and convoluted system of rebates, markups, and bespoke discounts that define today’s PBM system.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
Just a lot of shouting and crying and indecipherable tongues.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 3 June 2024
Unlike the Latin alphabet of romance languages, Greek letters are indecipherable for English speakers, making the language more difficult to learn than Romance languages such as Spanish, Italian, and French.
—Karen I. Chen, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2022
My son was using maple syrup to trace an indecipherable design on the kitchen table.
—Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
The cover art similarly features Twigs’ face breaking through a nearly indecipherable image, with the members of Two Shell on either side of her.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024
Her criticisms of Trump were so muted as to be almost indecipherable.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
That skin usually involves some combination of advanced jargon that’s generally indecipherable, the wielding of sophisticated mathematical tools for describing nature, and, of course, the fancy technical gear for making measurements and observations.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
Under this cost-plus model, drugs will be transparently and straightforwardly priced based on the amount CVS paid for the drugs, plus a small markup–a sea change from the indecipherable, opaque, and convoluted system of rebates, markups, and bespoke discounts that define today’s PBM system.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
Just a lot of shouting and crying and indecipherable tongues.
—Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Indecipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indecipherable. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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