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
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.
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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
His talent was unmistakable, his ego was illegible and his time with us unforgettable.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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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
His talent was unmistakable, his ego was illegible and his time with us unforgettable.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegible
Adjective
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Transit sources told The News that footage on the cards is stored in a proprietary format, and should be unreadable without the MTA’s own software.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
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Fuzzy, unreadable text is now (largely) a thing of the past.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Starting from a relatively obscure blog, Yarvin has emerged as one of the most prominent critics of ...—
Fred Bauer,
National Review,
10 May 2025
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What historical and cultural circumstances lead a language down such obscure paths?—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
9 May 2025
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The formal complexity and poignant quietude of Jia’s filmmaking haven’t endeared him much to previous Cannes juries, and for some this latest entry, with its dizzying chains of intertextuality, must have seemed imposing to the point of being indecipherable.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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What Your Cat's Personality Says About You, From An Animal Behaviorist By Maria Azzurra Volpe Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 Cats might have mastered the art of mystery, but their feelings are not entirely indecipherable to us.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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Indeed, hung on the walls are vintage Italian posters and the floor is composed of alternating rust, black, and white tiles; walls are painted with a faint green Venetian plaster.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
2 May 2025
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The piece resembling an Aeolian harp is a tall rectangle, and its strings should make faint sounds as the wind blows through them.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 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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Also unclear is whether a tariff would apply to movies already in production overseas, or partially in foreign countries, like Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which has been shooting in Morocco, with plans for other locations including Sicily.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
4 May 2025
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But Buffett’s timetable for the transition had been unclear until Saturday.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 May 2025
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“Illegible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegible. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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