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Antonyms for unintelligible


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl



Definition of unintelligible

Origin :
  • 1610s, "incapable of being understood," from un- (1) "not" + intelligible. Related: Unintelligibly.
  • adj not understandable
Example sentences :
  • Evelyn made some incoherent response, unintelligible to Grace.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • "All this is unintelligible to me," responded my guide, with indifference.
  • Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Let us now listen to a conversation which we hope will not be quite so unintelligible.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Every proposition, which is not true, is there confused and unintelligible.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • My principle vindicates God from unintelligible abstractions.
  • Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
  • It was all I could hear, save tantalizing, unintelligible murmurs.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • From his slack jaws poured a constant whining of words, unintelligible.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • They were not his sort; their standards for the measurement of things were unintelligible to him.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • The words were unintelligible to him, but their import was unmistakable.
  • Extract from : « The Gaunt Gray Wolf » by Dillon Wallace
  • Except to men who, like Walpole, knew him intimately, he was all but unintelligible.
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Synonyms for unintelligible

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