unreadable

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unreadable

adjective more unreadable · most unreadable

  1. Not written clearly enough to be deciphered. unreadable handwriting

    Similar: illegible, indecipherable, unclear

  2. Making an unpleasant reading experience, e.g. because it is dull or upsetting. an unreadable book
  3. Not able to be accessed or played by some technical device. The scratched CD is unreadable.

Opposite: readable

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adjective

Opposite: readable

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adj that cannot be deciphered

Españolilegible
Françaisillisible
Deutschunleserlich, unlesbar
Italianoilleggibile
Ελληνικάδυσανάγνωστος dysanágnostos
Русскийнеприго́дный для чте́ния neprigódnyj dlja čténija, нечита́бельный nečitábelʹnyj

adj making an unpleasant reading experience

中文不好讀 /不好读 bùhǎodú, 不易讀 /不易读 bùyìdú
Françaisillisible
Italianoilleggibile
Ελληνικάδυσκολοδιάβαστος dyskolodiávastos
Русскийнечита́бельный nečitábelʹnyj, неприго́дный для чте́ния neprigódnyj dlja čténija

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@misc{unreadable_2026,
  title = {unreadable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unreadable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}