illegible

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Both the paintings and the earthenware are scribbled with an illegible stream of consciousness poetry that Finley is channeling while making the work — often only visible in texture when the light hits right.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Also, a machine-learning model of the script was created to restore the illegible and damaged texts, paving the way for further research.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2025

There is an illegible history that you only really learn growing up in a place.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

For example, personal information on a ticket stub could be replaced with illegible letters, or a private building exchanged for a fake building or other landscape features.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

It’s as if the city has become a library of books in an unknown language, the houses great shelves of illegible volumes, the lamps all extinguished.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr