unintelligible
adjective
un·in·tel·li·gi·ble
ˌən-in-ˈte-lə-jə-bəl 
: unable to be understood or comprehended : not intelligible
a song with unintelligible lyrics
unintelligible jargon
… including parenthetical translations of the words and phrases he knew would be unintelligible to contemporary readers.—
John N. Green
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Examples of unintelligible in a Sentence
uttered only a string of unintelligible murmurs
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Clinical notes are now legible and easy to retrieve but often bloated with unnecessary, duplicative, and, at times, unintelligible content.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The researchers say that if the attack were carried out in the real world, people could be socially engineered into believing the unintelligible prompt might do something useful, such as improve their CV.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Ensure that all content stored and transmitted is encrypted, which means that the data remains unintelligible to unauthorized parties even if it is intercepted.
—Kris Lahiri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
For example, clinical notes are now legible and easy to retrieve but often bloated with unnecessary, duplicative, and, at times, unintelligible content.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The researchers say that if the attack were carried out in the real world, people could be socially engineered into believing the unintelligible prompt might do something useful, such as improve their CV.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Ensure that all content stored and transmitted is encrypted, which means that the data remains unintelligible to unauthorized parties even if it is intercepted.
—Kris Lahiri, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
For example, clinical notes are now legible and easy to retrieve but often bloated with unnecessary, duplicative, and, at times, unintelligible content.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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“Unintelligible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unintelligible. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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