unreadable

adjective

ˌən-ˈrē-də-bəl How to pronounce unreadable (audio)
Definition of unreadablenext
as in illegible
incapable of being read or deciphered the old book contains an inscription, but the handwriting is cramped and unreadable

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Recent Examples of unreadable But the air traffic controller said that transmission appeared broken and unreadable on his end, so the controller seemed surprised a few minutes later when the helicopter took off. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 A lot of this work is almost unreadable now, the pained efforts of young eggheads twisting themselves into rhetorical knots over the moral conundrums posed by real-world applications of Marxist principles. — Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 His PowerPoint slides were unreadable because of small text and the auditorium’s bright lights. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 If documents are rendered unreadable, then they can be disposed of in a publicly accessible dumpster, the law states. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unreadable
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illegible
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  • The latter announcement features photos of Bryan wearing the shirt, although the message is illegible and there was no mention of it in the post; however, it is referenced in the majority of the comments.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
  • McNeely’s riff shows a toe (flexed, as ever) hoisted from the ceiling, the rest of the figure an illegible mass of guts and bones.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026
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“Unreadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreadable. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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