as in unreadable
incapable of being read or deciphered
illegible signatures on the petition will be disregarded
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Recent Examples of illegible
Some of the headstones have legible names, others are illegible or are just horizontal blocks indicating a grave.
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
In his debut novel, Ocean Vuong took pains to be illegible.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
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
Also that thing where sometimes if text is illegible a model might just invent the text.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2025
In his debut novel, Ocean Vuong took pains to be illegible.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
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
Also that thing where sometimes if text is illegible a model might just invent the text.
—Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegible
Adjective
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These allergens were not properly identified on the packaging due to print quality issues that rendered ingredient lists and allergen warnings either unreadable or missing.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Luckily, Marybeth knows just how to do that, and before long Affleck’s Christian Wolff has wheeled into town in his trailer, his face unreadable but his spirit somehow willing to help.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This obscure law vested NOAA with the authority to issue permits for mining beyond American jurisdiction until an international regime was put in place.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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That Davis exhibited but ultimately painted over the other two works in his geometric series might suggest some dissatisfaction with their admittedly obscure nature.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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Comments Singer, actress, activist, indecipherable social media user — there are many contours to Cher.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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The app translated this information into line graphs that looked impressively medical but were, to me, indecipherable.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Then came a ‘faint voice’ May 30, 2025 12:00 PM Read Next National Man vanished in remote national park 2 weeks ago, CO officials say.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
12 June 2025
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The image also shows faint, ghostly rings around Uranus.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Claims complexity: The billing process between hospitals and insurers is opaque to patients, who often receive surprising and undecipherable bills months after receiving care.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hinton then offered an extremely detailed scientific explanation of why that's the case -- an explanation that would be undecipherable to anyone but an AI creator like himself.—
Josh Meyer,
USA TODAY,
4 May 2023
Adjective
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Your team will look to you for a sense of stability and purpose when things are unclear.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The extent of the advance is unclear, as are Moscow’s ambitions for the assault.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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“Illegible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illegible. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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