unintelligible
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- unintelligibility noun
- unintelligibleness noun
- unintelligibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of unintelligible
First recorded in 1610–20; un- 1 + intelligible
Example Sentences
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The practice could be seen everywhere on the daily commute, adorned on walls, tunnels and metal shutters - always unintelligible, loud and colourful.
From BBC
Whatever she said was rendered unintelligible among the thunderous cheers of fans who surged forward, putting her entourage to the test.
From Los Angeles Times
Casual viewers might have agreed more with Samuel L Jackson's plea for Lamar to keep it light; especially as some of his more densely-written lyrics were rendered unintelligible by the stadium's cavernous echo.
From BBC
The plane then passed the threshold for Runway 24, and an “unintelligible transmission was heard” from the plane.
From Los Angeles Times
Such supernatural activity is accompanied by extreme close-ups of an eye, occasioning thoughts of Sauron, and sometimes an unintelligible voice that occasions thoughts of the Beastie Boys’ ”Intergalactic.”
From Los Angeles Times
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