unintelligible
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The fan shouts “Aaron Burr! Aaron Burr!” but his mouth is so stuck full of peanut butter that he’s unintelligible.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
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
Properly gauging product categories, individual relations, and cost calculations takes up a whopping amount of pages, complete with all kinds of jargon unintelligible to the lay consumer.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2025
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
“I exaggerate, perhaps. The American, Hardman, and the German maid—yes, they have added something to our knowledge. That is to say, they have made the whole business more unintelligible than it was.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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