as in illegible
incapable of being read or deciphered
after so many years the paper label in the drawer of the antique desk is indecipherable
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Recent Examples of indecipherable
The next call was barely a call at all — a faint, almost indecipherable voice tangled in the sound of rushing water.
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Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Much of what Hassona says is indecipherable.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
Many listeners felt the quality of Lennon’s home recordings left the singer muddy and indecipherable in the mix.
—Dave Paulson, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The two new model names—gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b—may be indecipherable to non-engineers, but that’s because OpenAI is setting its sights on AI builders and developers seeking to rapidly build on real-world use cases on their own systems.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecipherable
illegible
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Inspectors noted an oil leak, birds’ nests and a broken insulator in Pleasanton, and in Newark, found a rusted anchor for a tower-support cable, along with illegible gauges and birds’ nests.—
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In November, the service in Rapid City, South Dakota, posted a map that included illegible location names, leading to widespread mockery.—
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“Indecipherable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecipherable. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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