as in unreadable
incapable of being read or deciphered
illegible signatures on the petition will be disregarded
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Recent Examples of illegible
Also that thing where sometimes if text is illegible a model might just invent the text.
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Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
By centering her work on the illegible spaces of Lakȟóta ways of knowing, Kite performs an anti-ethnographic logic, which is to say that her work exists—both in real time and in the archive—in a way that is not accessible to a colonial system of organization and study.
—Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
When the world becomes illegible, the present becomes illegible.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for late, illegible, incomplete entries or entries not received for any reason.
—Time For Kids, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
By centering her work on the illegible spaces of Lakȟóta ways of knowing, Kite performs an anti-ethnographic logic, which is to say that her work exists—both in real time and in the archive—in a way that is not accessible to a colonial system of organization and study.
—Christopher T. Green, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
When the world becomes illegible, the present becomes illegible.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 22 Feb. 2025
Sponsor is not responsible for late, illegible, incomplete entries or entries not received for any reason.
—Time For Kids, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegible
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These allergens were not properly identified on the packaging due to print quality issues that rendered ingredient lists and allergen warnings either unreadable or missing.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Luckily, Marybeth knows just how to do that, and before long Affleck’s Christian Wolff has wheeled into town in his trailer, his face unreadable but his spirit somehow willing to help.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
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The banner offers a peek into a relatively obscure group during a critical moment in American history.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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The other is a bit more obscure: Juan Samuel, with 70 extra-base hits and 72 steals as a Phillies rookie in 1984.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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Comments Singer, actress, activist, indecipherable social media user — there are many contours to Cher.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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The app translated this information into line graphs that looked impressively medical but were, to me, indecipherable.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
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Then came a ‘faint voice’ May 30, 2025 12:00 PM Read Next National Man vanished in remote national park 2 weeks ago, CO officials say.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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The image also shows faint, ghostly rings around Uranus.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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Claims complexity: The billing process between hospitals and insurers is opaque to patients, who often receive surprising and undecipherable bills months after receiving care.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hinton then offered an extremely detailed scientific explanation of why that's the case -- an explanation that would be undecipherable to anyone but an AI creator like himself.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
4 May 2023
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Your team will look to you for a sense of stability and purpose when things are unclear.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The extent of the advance is unclear, as are Moscow’s ambitions for the assault.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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“Illegible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegible. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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