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
Older generations scanned me from head to toe, their expressions unreadable but heavy with judgment.
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Larry Stansbury, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2025
Around him, others move through the wreckage, their expressions unreadable.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the new drive suffered water damage and became unreadable, even with advanced hardware tools.
—Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Unlike collars and tags, which can fall off or become unreadable, microchips are permanent and tamperproof.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Larry Stansbury, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2025
Around him, others move through the wreckage, their expressions unreadable.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the new drive suffered water damage and became unreadable, even with advanced hardware tools.
—Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Unlike collars and tags, which can fall off or become unreadable, microchips are permanent and tamperproof.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreadable
illegible
Adjective
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Simon managed to keep scribbling on his yellow legal pad but his handwriting, illegible on a good day, quickly deteriorated into nothing more than chicken scratch.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sponsor is not responsible for any lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, postage due or mechanically reproduced Entries or Entries that have been tampered with or not obtained through legitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Unreadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreadable. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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