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unintelligible

 
Dictionary: un·in·tel·li·gi·ble   (ŭn'ĭn-tĕl'ĭ-jə-bəl) pronunciation
adj.
Being such that understanding or comprehension is difficult or impossible; incomprehensible: unintelligible remarks; an unintelligible prose passage.

unintelligibility un'in·tel'li·gi·bil'i·ty n.
unintelligibly un'in·tel'li·gi·bly adv.

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adjective

    Incapable of being grasped by the intellect or understanding: impenetrable, incomprehensible, inscrutable, uncomprehensible, unfathomable. See knowledge/ignorance.

Antonyms: unintelligible
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adj

Definition: not understandable
Antonyms: comprehensible, intelligible, meaningful, understandable


WordNet: unintelligible
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise
  Antonym: intelligible (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: not clearly understood or expressed
  Synonym: opaque


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uforståelig, utydelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbegrijpelijk

Français (French)
adj. - incompréhensible

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unverständlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακατάληπτος, ακαταλαβίστικος

Italiano (Italian)
incomprensibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ininteligível

Русский (Russian)
неразборчивый, неясный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ininteligible, incomprensible

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - obegriplig, oförståelig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
无法了解的, 莫明其妙的, 难解的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無法瞭解的, 莫明其妙的, 難解的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 난해한, 알 수 없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 理解できない, わけのわからない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غامض, لا يمكن فهمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא מובן, שאין להבינו‬


 
 
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