unintelligibility

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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

A few theories: simple component parts, weaponized unintelligibility, dark innuendo, and power signifiers.

From Slate • Nov. 2, 2016

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

The mysteriousness of life is one thing, the psychological unintelligibility of a dramatic character is quite another; and the second does not show the first, it shows only the incapacity or folly of the dramatist.

From Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by Bradley, A. C. (Andrew Cecil)