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noun
The quality or condition of being unintelligible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something that is unintelligible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: intelligibility
Broader terms: incomprehensibility
noun
nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: incoherence, incoherency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
Narrower terms: word salad
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English intelligibility English unintelligibility From un- + intelligibility.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
