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unintelligible

[uhn-in-tel-i-juh-buhl] / ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl /


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I've heard more than once that my Spanish is unintelligible, the same criticism some people level at Bad Bunny's songs.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The final five minutes were almost unintelligible, marked almost entirely by crosstalk, as Baier refused to let Harris speak uninterrupted.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2024

For example, during a rally in Montana on Friday, Trump appears to “glitch” and pause as he searches for words and then makes unintelligible noises and strange utterances.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2024

After a corrupted chip rendered Voyager 1’s transmissions unintelligible in November 2023, engineers nursed the spacecraft back to health.

From Science Magazine • May 23, 2024

With bated breath, I tried to gasp out what I had seen, but only managed to utter unintelligible, guttural sounds.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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