uninterpretable

adjective

un·​in·​ter·​pret·​able ˌən-in-ˈtər-prə-tə-bəl How to pronounce uninterpretable (audio)
-pə-tə-
: incapable of being interpreted or explained : not interpretable
an uninterpretable silence/gesture
uninterpretable data

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That code is extremely uninterpretable and unpredictable—there are literally billions of mathematical dials and switches being used by the machine to decide what to do next. Gillian Hadfield, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024 Hence, the question 18 responses are utterly uninterpretable. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024 However, the craft only operated for 20 seconds before falling silent, sending back just one uninterpretable image. Korey Haynes, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2018 So, in my view, the results of this study are uninterpretable, and this paper should never have been published. Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2017 Several would say only that, at this point, the REDUCE-IT results are basically uninterpretable. Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022 My vision blurred and uninterpretable inkblots encroached at the edges. Paul Di Filippo, Washington Post, 4 July 2022 The performance of galantamine over decades is far superior to the uninterpretable data package upon which the FDA relied in approving Aduhelm. Sam Gandy, STAT, 17 June 2021 The raw data itself has misaligned rows and columns, and uninterpretable entries in incorrect fields. Lauryn Schroeder, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of uninterpretable was in 1625

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“Uninterpretable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uninterpretable. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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