indecipherable
pronunciation
How to pronounce indecipherable in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfrəbl]
How to pronounce indecipherable in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not easily deciphered
- impossible to determine the meaning of
Word Origin
- indecipherable (adj.)
- 1802, from in- (1) "not" + decipherable (see decipher (v.)). Related: Indecipherability.
Example
- 1. What atrocious handwriting -- it 's virtually indecipherable !
- 2. The result is the indecipherable dump of pixels .
- 3. An almost imperceptible and quite indecipherable glance passed between them .
- 4. This whole section 's a kind of history . Part of it was indecipherable .
- 5. Traditional economy theory is indecipherable to this .