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illegible

[ih-lej-uh-buhl] / ɪˈlɛdʒ ə bəl /


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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

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

But the rest of that paragraph is illegible.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day




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