Synonyms for unreadable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-ree-duh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈri də bəl

Définition of unreadable

Origin : c.1810, of written material, "dull, distasteful," from un- (1) "not" + readable. Meaning "illegible" is from 1830.

adj illegible

Example sentences :

His works are the most famous and the most unreadable in all Germany.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Since we met, I've written the first draft of a novel, which is unreadable, and a play.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

She did not take it, but looked around the room with unreadable eyes.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

She watched his concern, her pose languid, her eyes raised to him, but as unreadable as ever.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

Her face was unreadable; her mental block was at its fullest force.
Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith

He could not write an unreadable book, this American artist.
Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various

It was an unreadable expression to me then, and even in remembrance it is no clearer.
Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green

Auguste turned to Ford, whose round face was blank, unreadable.
Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea

Nothing came of that, whatever I did; the thing was as unreadable as ever.
Extract from : « The Red Triangle » by Arthur Morrison

Mr Horne's, literal as he supposes them to be, are unreadable.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 » by Various

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