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unintelligibility

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un⋅in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅ble

  [uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl]
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–adjective
not intelligible; not capable of being understood.
Origin:
1610–20; un- 1 + intelligible

Related forms:
un⋅in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, un⋅in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness, noun
un⋅in⋅tel⋅li⋅gi⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
incomprehensible, baffling, undecipherable.
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un·in·tel·li·gi·ble   (ŭn'ĭn-těl'ĭ-jə-bəl)   
adj.  Being such that understanding or comprehension is difficult or impossible; incomprehensible: unintelligible remarks; an unintelligible prose passage.
un'in·tel'li·gi·bil'i·ty n., un'in·tel'li·gi·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

unintelligible 
1616, "incapable of being understood," from un- (1) "not" + intelligible.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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