unintelligible
adjective
un·in·tel·li·gi·ble
ˌən-in-ˈte-lə-jə-bəl 
: unable to be understood or comprehended : not intelligible
a song with unintelligible lyrics
unintelligible jargon
… including parenthetical translations of the words and phrases he knew would be unintelligible to contemporary readers.—
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Examples of unintelligible in a Sentence
uttered only a string of unintelligible murmurs
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Then in August 2023, woman with ALS whose speech, like Harrell’s, had become unintelligible, gained access to a 125,000-word vocabulary using a BCI that records brain activity from Utah Arrays as part of the BrainGate trial.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
The recording was partly unintelligible, and at one point Soto shut off the device — accidentally or perhaps deliberately, the agents weren’t sure.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 19 July 2024
A number of top donors have expressed dismay and doubt after Biden sounded unintelligible in parts, appeared tired and seemed unprepared for obvious questions.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 July 2024
But the rawer, unintelligible version of the voice mail that played in the courtroom is almost frightening in its echoing indistinctness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2024
The recording was partly unintelligible, and at one point Soto shut off the device — accidentally or perhaps deliberately, the agents weren’t sure.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 19 July 2024
A number of top donors have expressed dismay and doubt after Biden sounded unintelligible in parts, appeared tired and seemed unprepared for obvious questions.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 July 2024
But the rawer, unintelligible version of the voice mail that played in the courtroom is almost frightening in its echoing indistinctness.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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“Unintelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unintelligible. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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