"illegible" meaning in English

See illegible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-illegible.wav [US] Forms: more illegible [comparative], most illegible [superlative]
Etymology: il- + legible Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|legible|alt1=il-}} il- + legible Head templates: {{en-adj}} illegible (comparative more illegible, superlative most illegible)
  1. Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable. Synonyms: dirty, foul, indecipherable, marked-up, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable Derived forms: illegibly Related terms: eligible Translations (not clear enough to be read): неразборлівы (njerazbórlivy) (Belarusian), нечетлив (nečetliv) (Bulgarian), illegible (Catalan), il·legible (Catalan), 難以辨認的 (Chinese Mandarin), 难以辨认的 (nányǐ biànrèn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 很難看懂的 (Chinese Mandarin), 很难看懂的 (hěn nán kàndǒng de) (Chinese Mandarin), nečitelný [masculine] (Czech), onleesbaar (Dutch), lukukelvoton (Finnish), illisible (French), indéchiffrable (French), illégible [rare] (French), ilexible (Galician), unleserlich (German), olvashatatlan (Hungarian), ólæsilegur (Icelandic), illeggibile (Italian), 読めない (yomenai) (Japanese), 汚い (kitanai) (Japanese), onlieserlech (Luxembourgish), nieczytelny [masculine] (Polish), ilegível (Portuguese), ilizibil (Romanian), неразбо́рчивый (nerazbórčivyj) (Russian), нечёткий (nečótkij) (Russian), ilegible (Spanish), indescifrable (Spanish), oläsbar (Swedish), okunaksız (Turkish), kargacık burgacık (Turkish), нерозбі́рливий (nerozbírlyvyj) (Ukrainian)

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          "word": "onleesbaar"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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          "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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          "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "njerazbórlivy",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "неразборлівы"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "illegible"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "難以辨認的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nányǐ biànrèn de",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "难以辨认的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "很難看懂的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hěn nán kàndǒng de",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "很难看懂的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nečitelný"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "onleesbaar"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "lukukelvoton"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "illisible"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "indéchiffrable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "illégible"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "ilexible"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "unleserlich"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "olvashatatlan"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "ólæsilegur"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "illeggibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yomenai",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "読めない"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kitanai",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "汚い"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "onlieserlech"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "ilegível"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "ilizibil"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "неразбо́рчивый"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
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      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "indescifrable"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "oläsbar"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "okunaksız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "kargacık burgacık"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nerozbírlyvyj",
      "sense": "not clear enough to be read",
      "word": "нерозбі́рливий"
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