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unreadableness en · NOUN

Etymology

From unreadable + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being unreadable.
    • The text, surviving as a “workshop draft” consisting of “a hodgepodge of scraped out letters, belated additions and cancelled passages,” is known for its idiosyncratic orthography and its unreadableness. 2010, Katharine Breen, Imagining an English Reading Public, 1150-1400, page 109:

Antonyms

decipherability · readableness · readability · scrutability · legibility

Synonyms

unreadability · illegibility · indecipherability · inscrutability