as in illegible
incapable of being read or deciphered
the old book contains an inscription, but the handwriting is cramped and unreadable
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Recent Examples of unreadable
The poster later shared a second image, revealing the drive's contents: a collection of unreadable files, lines of code and an unopened Excel spreadsheet.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Then there are the various black and white squares which are actually data modules encoding the information in binary format and error correction codes that enable successful scanning even if a quarter of the code block is unreadable.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump was retained by the family of Gerald Neal, the bystander killed Feb. 12 during a controversial high-speed chase by Orlando police prompted by an unreadable license plate.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Additionally, tools like the map and compass are unreadable at night.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
Then there are the various black and white squares which are actually data modules encoding the information in binary format and error correction codes that enable successful scanning even if a quarter of the code block is unreadable.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Famed civil rights attorney Ben Crump was retained by the family of Gerald Neal, the bystander killed Feb. 12 during a controversial high-speed chase by Orlando police prompted by an unreadable license plate.
—Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Additionally, tools like the map and compass are unreadable at night.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025
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Inscriptions on the walls of the entrance reference the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, but the name of the king buried within the tomb is illegible.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Also that thing where sometimes if text is illegible a model might just invent the text.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Unreadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreadable. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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