as in incomprehensible
impossible to understand
uttered only a string of unintelligible murmurs
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Recent Examples of unintelligible
There is only enunciating, as paragraphs of narrative are diverted into rushing mouthfuls of unintelligible high-speed monologue.
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Franklin’s script just doesn’t find an emotional center among so many stock, under-articulated strands, though that may be partly due to thick accents rendering some dialogue unintelligible to American ears.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But wait: That angry voice seems to grow louder, if still unintelligible — and is now joined by the murmuring of others.
—John Hanc, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
From our review: Khan’s lack of screen presence, toothless mixed martial arts sequences and unintelligible editing further knock the film down.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Franklin’s script just doesn’t find an emotional center among so many stock, under-articulated strands, though that may be partly due to thick accents rendering some dialogue unintelligible to American ears.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
But wait: That angry voice seems to grow louder, if still unintelligible — and is now joined by the murmuring of others.
—John Hanc, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
From our review: Khan’s lack of screen presence, toothless mixed martial arts sequences and unintelligible editing further knock the film down.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintelligible
Adjective
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What was over the hill was unknown and what went on behind a nation's borders was incomprehensible.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2025
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How he was even charged as a result of this situation is incomprehensible.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Four thousand years ago, however, Crete was also a crossroads dominated by a mysterious and largely still poorly understood Bronze Age culture that predated classical Greece.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The movie is led by Tom Hiddleston as the titular, mysterious Chuck Krantz, with a supporting cast that includes Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Matthew Lillard, Annalise Basso and Kate Siegel.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Gad teased work on the project in 2024 with a cryptic Instagram post that blocked out certain sections on the script’s cover page.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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This Instagram comment comes amid a series of cryptic social media posts shared by Bieber and growing concerns for him.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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Wilson demonstrated an uncanny gift for harmonic invention and complex vocal and instrumental arrangements.—
Roy Trakin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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The human cast do an uncanny job of mimicking their cartoon counterparts, especially Nick Frost as dragon training master Gobber and Bronwyn James and Harry Trevaldwyn as twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, the three of whom manage to milk fresh laughs from 15-year-old jokes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Thus began an extended conversation about esoteric sounds that has continued to this day.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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These esoteric Calabi-Yau structures, formerly on the frontier of theoretical physics, could be just the beginning.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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And where leadership believes their infrastructure is impenetrable, red teams often walk through the front door with nothing more than confidence and a cover story.—
Jochen Schwenk,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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To say that this film is impenetrable is an understatement.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Just as Natalia was starting her journalism career, the executives who controlled the industry were working to reinvent how daily newspapers operated — at the expense of an almost unfathomable number of journalists.—
Megan Greenwell,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The concept is wild, but not completely unfathomable.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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The banner offers a peek into a relatively obscure group during a critical moment in American history.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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The other is a bit more obscure: Juan Samuel, with 70 extra-base hits and 72 steals as a Phillies rookie in 1984.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Unintelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintelligible. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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