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unreadable

adj

Etymology

From un- + readable.

  1. derived from *Hreh₁dʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *rēdaną✻
  3. inherited from *rādan✻
  4. inherited from rǣdan
  5. inherited from reden
  6. suffixed as readable — “read + able”
  7. formed as unreadable — “un- + readable”

Definitions

  1. Not written clearly enough to be deciphered.

    • unreadable handwriting
    • unreadable charts
    • a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments

  2. Making an unpleasant reading experience, e.g. because it is dull or upsetting.

    • an unreadable book
    • unreadable rants

  3. Not able to be accessed or played by some technical device.

    • The scratched CD is unreadable.

The neighborhood

Derived

unreadability, unreadableness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for unreadable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA