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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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Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.—
Daron James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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American society—grotesquely unequal and divided, helpless before its demagogic and oligarchic manipulators—is no longer a stranger to the dark ambiguities of lopsided economic progress.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
Noun
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When the transcript is the record, ideas can propagate on merit, and people can no longer hide behind vagueness.—
Lutz Finger,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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On the other hand, the statement is emblematic of the uninteresting vagueness of Spider-Noir‘s world-building.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Unintelligibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintelligibility. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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