Illegible

Il-leg′i-ble

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Adj.

Incapable of being read; not legible;

as,

illegible

handwriting; an

illegible

inscription.

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Il-leg′i-ble-ness

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Noun.

–

Il-leg′i-bly

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adv.

Illegible

ILLEG'IBLE

,

Adj.

[See Legible.] That cannot be read; obscure or defaced so that the words cannot be known. It is a disgrace to a gentleman to write an illegible hand. The manuscripts found in the ruins of Herculaneum are mostly illegible.

illegible

English

Adjective

illegible ‎(comparative more illegible, superlative most illegible)

Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.

Antonyms

legible

Synonyms

Translations

not clear enough to be read

Catalan: illegible (ca), il·legible
Chinese:
Mandarin: 難以辨認的, 难以辨认的 ‎(nányǐ biànrèn de), 很難看懂的, 很难看懂的 ‎(hěn nán kàndǒng de)
Czech: nečitelný m
Dutch: onleesbaar (nl)
Finnish: lukukelvoton
French: illisible (fr), indéchiffrable (fr)
German: unleserlich
Icelandic: ólæsilegur

Italian: illeggibile (it)
Japanese: 読めない ‎(yomenai), 汚い (ja) ‎(kitanai)
Luxembourgish: onlieserlech
Polish: nieczytelny m
Portuguese: ilegível
Russian: неразбо́рчивый (ru) ‎(nerazbórčivyj), нечёткий (ru) ‎(nečótkij)
Spanish: ilegible (es), indescifrable
Swedish: oläsbar (sv)
Turkish: okunaksız (tr)

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Illegible

Il-leg′i-ble

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Illegible

ILLEG'IBLE

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