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unreadability

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un⋅read⋅a⋅ble

  [uhn-ree-duh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. not readable; undecipherable; scribbled: His scrawl was almost unreadable.
2. not interesting to read; dull; tedious; an unreadable treatise.
3. extraordinarily difficult to read or comprehend; obscure; incomprehensible: an unreadable dream; an unreadable expression.
Origin:
1795–1805; un- 1 + readable

Related forms:
un⋅read⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, un⋅read⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
un⋅read⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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un·read·a·ble   (ŭn-rē'də-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Not legible or decipherable; illegible: unreadable handwriting.

  2. Unsuitable for or not worth reading: unreadable prose.

  3. Not interesting; dull: wholly unreadable statistics.

  4. Incomprehensible; opaque: an unreadable facial expression.

un·read'a·bil'i·ty n.
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