as in incomprehensibility
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Recent Examples of unintelligibility
Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.
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Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintelligibility
Noun
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This was only the start of the incomprehensibility of this segment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Therefore, for the show to truly succeed in leaving the audience in a state of ambiguity about the relationship, both leads must be megawatt talents.—
Julia Edelstein,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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The ambiguity around the word’s origins stems at least partly from a centuries-long moral panic over it, says Michael Adams, an English professor at Indiana University Bloomington who has written about swearing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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What makes the legislation especially harmful, Ziegler said, is its vagueness.—
SOPHIA PAFFENROTH,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Details about the project are scant, but for someone like Kéré, that provisional vagueness would represent an opportunity.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Unintelligibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintelligibility. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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