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unintelligible

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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.

unintelligible [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəl]
adj
not able to be understood; incomprehensible
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unintelligibleunintelligible - poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech"
uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein
intelligible - well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation"
2.unintelligibleunintelligible - not clearly understood or expressed
uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

unintelligible
adjective incomprehensible, incoherent, inarticulate, meaningless, muddled, jumbled, unfathomable, illegible, indistinct, indecipherable He muttered something unintelligible. pages inscribed with unintelligible characters
clear, understandable, comprehensible, coherent, lucid, intelligible, legible
Translations
unintelligible [ˈʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl] ADJininteligible, incomprensible
she mumbled something unintelligiblebalbuceó algo ininteligible or incomprensible

unintelligible [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪɪbəl] adj (= impossible to understand) → inintelligible

unintelligible
adj personnicht zu verstehen; speech, writingunverständlich; (TV) image, picturenicht erkennbar; this makes him almost unintelligibledas macht es fast unmöglich, ihn zu verstehen

unintelligible [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəbl] adjincomprensibile, inintelligibile
unintelligible [ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəbl] adjincomprensibile, inintelligibile

unintelligible
adj unintelligible [aninˈteliʒəbl]
not able to be understood unintelligible writing/words. onverstaanbaar غامِض، لا يُمْكِن فَهْمَه неразбираем nesrozumitelný uforståelig unverständlich ακατάληπτος ininteligible, incomprensible arusaamatu نامفهوم käsittämätön inintelligible בּלְתִי מוּבָן, לא קָרִיא अबोधगम्य, दुरूह nerazumljiv érthetetlen óskiljanlegur inintelligibile わかりにくい 이해할 수 없는 nesuprantamas nesaprotams; nesalasāms (rokraksts) tdk dapat difahami onverstaanbaar uforståelig niezrozumiały ininteligível ininteligibil неразборчивый nezrozumiteľný nerazumljiv nerazumljiv obegriplig, oförståelig ไม่ฉลาด anlaşılmaz 難懂的 нерозбірливий; незрозумілий ناقابل فہم khó hiểu


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This speech being unintelligible to the Bulldog he only civilly smiled, which so terrified the Spaniel that he dropped dead in his tracks.
They had little private jokes of their own which, unintelligible to the outsider, amused them enormously.
Though the prayer was unintelligible to the Indians, yet, as they knew what the nature of the service was, Mr.
 
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