Unreadable

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Not written clearly enough to be deciphered..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not written clearly enough to be deciphered.
2. Making an unpleasant reading experience, e.g. because it is dull or upsetting.
3. Not able to be accessed or played by some technical device.

Example Sentences

unreadable handwriting

unreadable charts

a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments

Although the kyūjitai kanji were not banned, the obsolete kyūjitai kanji have become unreadable to more and more readers over time, thus making texts including them difficult for modern readers, but at least there is a recognized mapping from new form to old form.

an unreadable book

unreadable rants

The scratched CD is unreadable.

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Word Forms

• more unreadable
• most unreadable

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