adjective
unintelligible
uh-nihn-TEH-lihd-zhih-buhl
adjective
1
Impossible or very hard to understand.
"His mumbled reply was completely unintelligible."
"The old contract was written in almost unintelligible legal jargon."
How to Use Unintelligible
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSo garbled, unclear, or badly expressed that no one can make sense of it.
Common pairings
unintelligible mumble
unintelligible jargon
Word Forms
more unintelligible comparative, most unintelligible superlative
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Etymology
From un- + intelligible.