illegibility

Examples

• All

• Since all of the original passenger manifests are handwritten, problems of illegibility plague every project.

  Academic text (1991)

• Rarely is such purposeful illegibility so artistic.

  Blog text (11)

• Half the letters were twisted into near illegibility.

  Fiction book (2002)

• But the letters don't shrink down to illegibility, like they do on some sites.

  Blog text (8)

• He cited one Miami-Dade County judge who said 40% of tickets get thrown out of his court due to illegibility.

  Blog text (19)

• The illegibility of the old handwriting made it impossible to read the document.

• The illegibility of the text on the sign confused many drivers trying to navigate.

Synonyms

F

fuzziness

vsillegibility

2 5.8

A blurry picture or idea hard to see and understand

is about readable letters and print clarity rather than general blur

F

fogginess

vsillegibility

1 4.4

A feeling of being confused and slow to think

is concerned with specific difficulty reading handwriting or print rather than vague unclearness

I

indecipherability

vsillegibility

1 9.9

A difficulty understanding handwriting, signs, or codes

is focused on handwriting or print difficulty rather than general decoding

C

cacography

vsillegibility

9.9

Writing that is hard to read or shows poor spelling

is about text or print that is hard to read, not about spelling

U

unreadability

vsillegibility

7.7

Writing that is hard to understand or enjoy

is limited to handwriting or print being hard to read rather than tone

I

indistinctness

vsillegibility

7.0

Lack of clear detail that makes things hard to see or hear

is used for unclear handwriting or print specifically, not general blurriness

Antonyms

L

legibility

2 4.1

How easy handwriting or print is to read

How Legible

legibility

2 4.1

readability

6 3.5

illegibility

1 7.6

unreadability

7.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology