as in incomprehensible
impossible to understand
uttered only a string of unintelligible murmurs
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Recent Examples of unintelligible
As satire, Next to Heaven is unintelligible, as though someone is universalizing their own hangups and then skewering them for clout.
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Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
In a life-or-death emergency, voice signals might fade or be unintelligible; Morse code could punch through static and bad weather.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Filled with uncanny creatures and unintelligible language, the book's inspiration came, Serafini muses, either from aliens, or his cat.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Around midnight, a deep voice was heard yelling, but the words were unintelligible.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 2 Apr. 2025
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Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
In a life-or-death emergency, voice signals might fade or be unintelligible; Morse code could punch through static and bad weather.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Filled with uncanny creatures and unintelligible language, the book's inspiration came, Serafini muses, either from aliens, or his cat.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Around midnight, a deep voice was heard yelling, but the words were unintelligible.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintelligible
Adjective
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And the thought of McDavid leaving Edmonton under any condition once felt incomprehensible.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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His way through was by finding connection with a character whose deeds seem incomprehensible.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Set against the backdrop of the Mediterranean at the height of summer, the erotic thriller follows Calvin Wells (Funk), a charismatic conman who sets his sights on Katrine Winters (Meadow Williams), a mysterious billionaire widow.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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For an event celebrating a dark and mysterious being, the vibe is surprisingly uplifting.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Most intriguing is how these groups will be submitted among the rock, metal and alternative categories, distinctions that only get more confusing as time marches on.—
Alan Light,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Annie and Nick Annie and Nick's path to getting engaged was winding and confusing.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The cryptic video came after one of the ugliest stretches yet in Cardi and Minaj’s decade-long feud.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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This cryptic species, first described in 2001, was among several mammals recorded by trail cameras set up by researchers.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The 1960 movie — powered by Bernard Herrmann's chilling score, Anthony Perkins' unnerving portrayal of hotel manager Norman Bates (for the movie, much younger than the character in Bloch's novel) and Hitchcock's uncanny showmanship — revolutionized the horror genre.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Since signing to Matador, the band has sharpened its sound into a quirky, exhilarated alt-pop, too uncanny to be dance-punk and too lively to be slacker rock.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The basic logic of the drink is, as mentioned, Negroni-like, but more esoteric on a number of fronts.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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But this seems to me to be a far more likely possibility than Jesus making legendary journeys to India, Egypt, or even Britain, so popular in esoteric lore.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By emphasizing the caper aspect and the goofy comedy of all this over the intricate plotting that is a hallmark of Westlake’s novels, Black lowers the stakes of a heist that involves halting a speeding NY subway refuse train and busting into a supposedly impenetrable Brooklyn vault.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Others – seemingly those who are non-religious or simply impenetrable by internet theories – quipped at the possibility.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That's unfathomable, that's unacceptable, that's unconscionable, and that's un-American.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The idea of the Tigers making a deep October run would be unprecedented but not unfathomable.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Unintelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintelligible. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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