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Definition of unintelligible adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

unintelligible

adjective
 
/ˌʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
 
/ˌʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl/
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  1. impossible to understand synonym incomprehensible
    • She turned away and muttered something unintelligible.
    • unintelligible to somebody A lot of the jargon they use is unintelligible to outsiders.
    opposite intelligible
    Extra Examples
    • These amendments will render the law unintelligible.
    • The pages were covered in his unintelligible scribblings.
    • mutually unintelligible languages
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • sound
    • become
    adverb
    • completely
    • quite
    • totally
    preposition
    • to
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