unintelligibility en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English intelligibility English unintelligibility From un- + intelligibility.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality or condition of being unintelligible.
Some of them have, in fact, given them a theoretical elaboration which for subtlety, refinement, and elegance need make no apologies to the older economics, and which remains faithful to older theorizing in at least one respect, that the tradition of unintelligibility to the layman is scrupulously observed.
1958, Jacob Viner, The Long View and the Short, page 112:
- (countable) Something that is unintelligible.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unintelligibilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
comprehensibility (antonym(s) of “quality or condition of being unintelligible”) · intelligibility (antonym(s) of “quality or condition of being unintelligible”)
Synonyms
incomprehensibility (quality or condition of being unintelligible) · unclearness (quality or condition of being unintelligible)
Translations (8)
fr inintelligibilité (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · ca inintel·ligibilitat (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · fi käsittämättömyys (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · fi vaikeaselkoisuus (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · ga neamh-intuigtheacht (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · pl niezrozumiałość (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · es ininteligibilidad (quality or condition fo being unintelligible) · gl inintelixibilidade (quality or condition fo being unintelligible)