illegible
pronunciation
How to pronounce illegible in British English:
UK [ɪˈledʒəbl]
How to pronounce illegible in American English:
US [ɪˈledʒəbl]
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- Adjective:
- (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
Word Origin
- illegible (adj.)
- 1630s, from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + legible. Related: Illegibly; illegibility.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This note from grandpa is almost illegible .
- 2. I cannot read this note , it 's illegible .
- 3. Device that reduces paper documents to illegible fragments .
- 4. The new course values highly to scientific method education , but many physics teachers are rather illegible in it .
- 5. By month 's end , the papers were more sellotape than newsprint , big photocopied sections glued in to replace torn-out or illegible pieces and so on .