unreadable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
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 read Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English readable English unreadable From un- + readable.
Meanings
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Not written clearly enough to be deciphered.
unreadable handwriting
Although the kyūjitai kanji were not banned, the obsolete kyūjitai kanji have become unreadable to more and more readers over time, thus making texts including them difficult for modern readers, but at least there is a recognized mapping from new form to old form.
2020, Stewart Arneil, “Encoding Disappearing Characters: The Case of Twentieth-Century Japanese-Canadian Names”, in Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative, number 12, Text Encoding Initiative Consortium, →DOI, →ISSN:unreadable charts
a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments
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Making an unpleasant reading experience, e.g. because it is dull or upsetting.
unreadable rants
an unreadable book
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Not able to be accessed or played by some technical device.
The scratched CD is unreadable.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unreadable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unreadable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unreadability · unreadableness · unreadably
Synonyms
indecipherable · unclear · illegible
Translations (33)
el δυσκολοδιάβαστος (making an unpleasant reading experience) · pl nieczytelny (that cannot be deciphered) · nl onleesbaar (that cannot be deciphered) · ru нечита́бельный (making an unpleasant reading experience) · es ilegible (that cannot be deciphered) · ru нечита́бельный (that cannot be deciphered) · el δυσανάγνωστος (that cannot be deciphered) · de unlesbar (that cannot be deciphered) · sv oläsbar (that cannot be deciphered) · fa لایقرء (that cannot be deciphered) · nl onleesbare (that cannot be deciphered) · sv oläsbar (making an unpleasant reading experience) · hu kivehetetlen (that cannot be deciphered) · fr illisible (making an unpleasant reading experience) · sv oläslig (making an unpleasant reading experience) · it illeggibile (that cannot be deciphered) · de unleserlich (that cannot be deciphered) · fi lukukelvoton (that cannot be deciphered) · cmn 不好讀 /不好读 (making an unpleasant reading experience) · hu olvashatatlan (that cannot be deciphered) · bg неразбираем (that cannot be deciphered) · it illeggibile (making an unpleasant reading experience) · hu nem olvasmányos (making an unpleasant reading experience) · bg нечетлив (that cannot be deciphered) · hu unalmas (making an unpleasant reading experience) · fr illisible (that cannot be deciphered) · bg безинтересен (making an unpleasant reading experience) · cmn 不易讀 /不易读 (making an unpleasant reading experience) · ru неприго́дный для чте́ния (that cannot be deciphered) · sv oläslig (that cannot be deciphered) · hu érdektelen (making an unpleasant reading experience) · ru неприго́дный для чте́ния (making an unpleasant reading experience) · fi mahdoton lukea (that cannot be deciphered)