as in incomprehensible
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obfuscatory
Adjective
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In a twist that’s almost incomprehensible today, the Chinese government even officially adopted the US State Department’s method for reporting air quality.—
Zeyi Yang,
WIRED,
5 Mar. 2025 -
This defendant’s actions are incomprehensible, and he will be held accountable.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Nonetheless, his recent slump is somewhat puzzling.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Merz’s gamble is all the more puzzling because immigration is only one of voters’ many major concerns.—
Liana Fix,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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There’s a circle with indecipherable writing on it, suspended in the center of a larger gold shape.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Not after the 49ers asked him to take a pay cut last year and after general manager John Lynch’s vague response when asked recently about the fullback’s future.—
Matt Barrows,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Having lost an extra 30 minutes in the meeting above, another manager speeds through a document review, providing only vague feedback to her direct report.—
Shani Harmon,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Which, kind of, explains Dylan’s latest inexplicable Instagram missive: a no-context re-post of a 2016 in-store performance by Machine Gun Kelly at Park Ave.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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The glacial pacing and clunky script work in tandem with deviations from the source text, including an inexplicable bathtub masturbation scene, to make a cinematic crime for the ages.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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During the course of the series, Mullen's investigation into the cyberattack unearths the mysterious weapon.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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There are dramatic headlines, nonsensical abbreviations and mysterious trends that seem to erase people’s money.—
Catherine Brock,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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As such, gauging the metrics is a fairly nebulous goal, but Lenovo estimates that 20 minutes of direct sunlight will translate to roughly one hour of video playback.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
2 Mar. 2025
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Or, attorneys may be loosely affiliated with a particular group, but the group is not organized as a law firm and any attorney's association with the group is at best nebulous.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Disney had released some trailers but this was still an obscure Star Wars series following characters that most fans knew little about, and casual fans had never heard of before.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Prior to 1950, McCarthy was an obscure first-term senator from Wisconsin.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Obfuscatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscatory. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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