"unintelligibility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: unintelligibilities [plural]
Etymology: From un- + intelligibility. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|intelligibility|id1=negative}} un- + intelligibility Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} unintelligibility (countable and uncountable, plural unintelligibilities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality or condition of being unintelligible. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (quality or condition of being unintelligible): incomprehensibility, unclearness Translations (quality or condition fo being unintelligible): inintel·ligibilitat [feminine] (Catalan), käsittämättömyys (Finnish), vaikeaselkoisuus (Finnish), inintelligibilité (French), inintelixibilidade (Galician), neamh-intuigtheacht [feminine] (Irish), niezrozumiałość [feminine] (Polish), ininteligibilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unintelligibility-en-noun-OZrZFwzb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (negative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (negative): 91 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'quality or condition of being unintelligible': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'quality or condition fo being unintelligible': 97 3
  2. (countable) Something that is unintelligible. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-unintelligibility-en-noun-bLW9gI1m

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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  ],
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}

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