unreadable

[ 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.

  1. extraordinarily difficult to read or comprehend; obscure; incomprehensible: an unreadable dream; an unreadable expression.

Origin of unreadable

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; un-1 + readable

Other words from unreadable

  • un·read·a·bil·i·ty, un·read·a·ble·ness, noun
  • un·read·a·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for unreadable

unreadable

/ (ʌnˈriːdəbəl) /


adjective
  1. illegible; undecipherable

  2. difficult or tedious to read

Derived forms of unreadable

  • unreadability or unreadableness, noun
  • unreadably, adverb

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