undecipherable

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But they are largely undecipherable to people not educated in the West African Islamic tradition.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

When you find an item, the usual text box identifying it may include a series of undecipherable characters.

From The Verge • Mar. 16, 2022

This sentence reads smoothly enough today, but back before March 2020, it would have been mostly undecipherable.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

The president attempted to answer a question about immigration, but the White House aides talked over his answer, rendering it undecipherable.

From Washington Times • Sep. 28, 2021

In the papyrology collection of the Sackler Library at the University of Oxford is the world’s oldest surviving Christian hymn, featuring a form of now undecipherable notation.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall