as in unreadable
incapable of being read or deciphered
illegible signatures on the petition will be disregarded
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Recent Examples of illegible
The parcels containing those items will have become undeliverable for a number of reasons, including that the address is inadequate or illegible, or that the person may have moved or there is no return address.
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
The picture contains several other signs of digital fabrication as well, including Trump and the man beside him having only four fingers on each hand and the lettering on their hat and life jackets being illegible.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
The voter registry was audited too hastily, and poor-quality voter cards became illegible within days of their issuance.
—Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2024
An illegible silver coin, believed to have been made by Goths from Wielbaric culture, and a counterfeit Pius coin made by the Goths from a camel culture, were presented on Lublin’s social media post.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2024
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Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Oct. 2024
The picture contains several other signs of digital fabrication as well, including Trump and the man beside him having only four fingers on each hand and the lettering on their hat and life jackets being illegible.
—Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
The voter registry was audited too hastily, and poor-quality voter cards became illegible within days of their issuance.
—Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2024
An illegible silver coin, believed to have been made by Goths from Wielbaric culture, and a counterfeit Pius coin made by the Goths from a camel culture, were presented on Lublin’s social media post.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illegible
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Basically, the book of enchantments is an ancient tome with mysterious origins that is unreadable to almost everyone in Oz.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
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Libra September 23 – October 22 People may prove unreliable or unreadable to you at this time.Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2024
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From 1981—nearly three months before MTV’s own debut, in fact—until 1988, Night Flight was a subcultural beacon, broadcasting not just obscure music videos but also documentaries like Another State of Mind and Urgh!Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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His friends ask to see his top artists — some obvious ones (Kendrick Lamar) then some more obscure choices.EW.com, EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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This relentless, sometimes neurotic-seeming pursuit of clarity has had the ironic effect of rendering much of contemporary philosophy nearly indecipherable to outsiders.Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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The actor’s naturally leonine qualities match the character’s Siamese-cat energy: moderately indecipherable, slippery, chaotic, unreliable, totally needy but coveting independence.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 July 2024
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Scot Warwick’s final communication with his wife was a faint squeeze of her hand.J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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The eclipse effect will open up sustained views of the sun's faint surrounding corona, allowing for the second craft to use a suite of onboard sensors to collect data and photograph the inner region of the corona, according to the ESA.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Hinton then offered an extremely detailed scientific explanation of why that's the case -- an explanation that would be undecipherable to anyone but an AI creator like himself.Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
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When the Giants finally chose Kadarius Toney, a wide receiver from the University of Florida, with the 20th pick in the N.F.L. draft, the team’s fans in Cleveland took a good 10 seconds to start a slow clap, mouthing undecipherable questions beneath their masks.New York Times, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2021
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The statement left unclear precisely what would happen to disaster aid and assistance to farmers that had been included in the bill.Al Weaver, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
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The exact cause of this disease in the DRC remains unclear.Dave Wessner, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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