illegible
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There, at a tombstone whose name is illegible, the inspector and his crew find a corpse in a tweed suit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
School used to be, in theory, the one place a young person got to stay illegible.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
The inscription on her headstone had become so illegible that, prompted by a local campaign, masonry restorers were brought in to spruce it up.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024
In his nearly illegible longhand, he wrote and then tore up several drafts trying to find just the right words to convey his conflicted beliefs.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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