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unintelligibility

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un·in·tel·li·gi·ble  (nn-tl-j-bl)
adj.
Being such that understanding or comprehension is difficult or impossible; incomprehensible: unintelligible remarks; an unintelligible prose passage.
unin·telli·gi·bili·ty n.
unin·telli·gi·bly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.unintelligibility - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligibleunintelligibility - nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
incoherence, incoherency
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
word salad - jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia
2.unintelligibility - incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligibleunintelligibility - incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible
incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible
intelligibility - the quality of language that is comprehensible
Translations
unintelligibility [ˈʌnɪnˌtelɪdʒəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → ininteligibilidad f, incomprensibilidad f
unintelligibility
n → Unverständlichkeit f
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