adj
garbled
adj
1
Distorted or scrambled to the point of being unclear or hard to understand.
"The phone line kept cutting out, leaving her message garbled."
"His explanation was so garbled that nobody knew what he meant."
How to Use Garbled
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishMixed up or unclear, usually describing speech, text, or a signal that has become confused in transmission.
Common pairings
a garbled message
garbled speech
garbled account
Word Forms
more garbled comparative, most garbled superlative
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