as in illegible
incapable of being read or deciphered
after so many years the paper label in the drawer of the antique desk is indecipherable
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Recent Examples of indecipherable
The next call was barely a call at all — a faint, almost indecipherable voice tangled in the sound of rushing water.
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Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Much of what Hassona says is indecipherable.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Many listeners felt the quality of Lennon’s home recordings left the singer muddy and indecipherable in the mix.
—Dave Paulson, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The two new model names—gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b—may be indecipherable to non-engineers, but that’s because OpenAI is setting its sights on AI builders and developers seeking to rapidly build on real-world use cases on their own systems.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Much of what Hassona says is indecipherable.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Many listeners felt the quality of Lennon’s home recordings left the singer muddy and indecipherable in the mix.
—Dave Paulson, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The two new model names—gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b—may be indecipherable to non-engineers, but that’s because OpenAI is setting its sights on AI builders and developers seeking to rapidly build on real-world use cases on their own systems.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecipherable
illegible
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Simon managed to keep scribbling on his yellow legal pad but his handwriting, illegible on a good day, quickly deteriorated into nothing more than chicken scratch.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Indecipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecipherable. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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