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illegible

[ ih-lej-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. not legible; impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc.:

    This letter is completely illegible.



illegible

/ ɪˈɛɪə /

adjective

  1. unable to be read or deciphered
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ𲵾ˈٲ, noun
  • ˈ𲵾, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·i·i·ٲ ·i··Ա noun
  • ·i· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of illegible1

First recorded in 1605–15; il- 2 + legible
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Also, a machine-learning model of the script was created to restore the illegible and damaged texts, paving the way for further research.

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"They were tasked with delivering 17 million pieces of mail that had been just thrown into hangers, that had been mouldy and a lot of the names on the letters were illegible," he said.

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The inscription on her headstone had become so illegible that, prompted by a local campaign, masonry restorers were brought in to spruce it up.

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There is an illegible history that you only really learn growing up in a place.

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For example, personal information on a ticket stub could be replaced with illegible letters, or a private building exchanged for a fake building or other landscape features.

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