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indecipherable

[in-di-sahy-fer-uh-buhl] / ˌɪn dɪˈsaɪ fər ə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
unreadable
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But he is best known for his inimitable, Surrealist pictures featuring skeletal, architectonic figures—merging humans, animals, foliage, totems and signs—which, though indecipherable, are instantly recognizable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

The defining complaint about the sacked Dutchman was that after two-and-a-bit seasons the football was still formless and the tactical direction indecipherable.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024

Fox News aired several minutes of blurry footage of Mr. Trump meeting with a Border Patrol agent in Eagle Pass, Texas, though the audio was often indecipherable.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

A snapshot of the death penalty’s slow decline in the United States would be a blur, fading and indecipherable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2023

Sometimes even they got sick of yakking and turned to dominoes, playing with an old carved set with dots so stained from a million games that they were nearly indecipherable.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly




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