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illegible

[ ih-lej-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not legible; impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc.:

    This letter is completely illegible.



illegible

/ ɪˈlɛdʒɪbəl /

adjective

  1. unable to be read or deciphered


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Derived Forms

  • ilˌlegiˈbility, noun
  • ilˈlegibly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • il·legi·bili·ty il·legi·ble·ness noun
  • il·legi·bly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of illegible1

First recorded in 1605–15; il- 2 + legible

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Example Sentences

Illegible handwriting and typos lead to errors and duplicate entries.

They once would have seemed full of attitude, couched in almost illegible forms.

She continued, “If I saw a signature and it looked like that, illegible, I would say: Beware.”

They grew more shaky and more illegible towards the end, but they were sufficient to make the truth absolutely clear.

The inscription, which is in Gothic letters, is rendered illegible by time.

It is now illegible, and some of its lines appear to have been carefully erased—by some High Church chisel, probably.

They are, however, almost illegible, and I have made no attempt to reproduce them in the picture.

There is a black-letter inscription upon the front of the structure, but it is unfortunately quite illegible.

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