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
There are neither crude jokes nor wise-ass anecdotes, only quick, indecipherable bursts of jargon.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the University of Oxford recently set out to read some of Tennyson’s indecipherable scribbles using advanced imaging techniques.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The capability allowed users to encrypt almost all of their iCloud data, making messages, notes, photos and iPhone backups indecipherable, even when the information was stored in cloud computing centers.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Presenting as an indecipherable puzzle is paramount.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Researchers at the University of Oxford recently set out to read some of Tennyson’s indecipherable scribbles using advanced imaging techniques.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
The capability allowed users to encrypt almost all of their iCloud data, making messages, notes, photos and iPhone backups indecipherable, even when the information was stored in cloud computing centers.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
Presenting as an indecipherable puzzle is paramount.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indecipherable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecipherable
illegible
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In other words, the historical record seems as illegible as my own prehistoric handwriting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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But for anyone who has ever returned from a conference with a collection of illegible notes and unusable photos, the promise is clear: better technology can preserve more value with significantly less effort.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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