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
Older generations scanned me from head to toe, their expressions unreadable but heavy with judgment.
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Larry Stansbury, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2025
Around him, others move through the wreckage, their expressions unreadable.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Eventually, the new drive suffered water damage and became unreadable, even with advanced hardware tools.
—Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Unlike collars and tags, which can fall off or become unreadable, microchips are permanent and tamperproof.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreadable
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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“Unreadable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreadable. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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