unintelligibility
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Kaufmann opted instead for a consistent legato, sometimes at odds with the orchestra and, in extreme cases, slurring phrases into unintelligibility.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Cumbersomely, phrases are italicized to the point of unintelligibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
After showing footage of Giuliani’s interview with Stephanopoulos, Kimmel joked about the unintelligibility of Giuliani’s words.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2018
At times during the trial, it was unclear how much unintelligibility was caused by mistranslation and how much by the deliberate indirection of witnesses.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
It is not the fancifulness of this theory that one might object to so much as its utter inadequacy to explain the facts, nay, its utter unintelligibility on the principles of those who propound it.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
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