indecipherable
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8.8
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl/
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indecifrable
- The ancient script was indecipherable to all but the most skilled linguists.
- almost indecipherable
- arcane and indecipherable
That's indecipherable to most of us, right.
- That's indecipherable to most of us, right.
- It's indecipherable to people without a law degree.
- Even the portions that seem almost indecipherable, we're going to dig into them and make sense of them.
- But the process, I mean, even with the transcript, it's indecipherable.
- To English language readers, these pictograms appear indecipherable, but are perfectly readable upon closer inspection.
- Chaos's entropy is already underway, but the order of the law is cruel, indecipherable and cryptic.
- The sky of Chile is an indecipherable thing.
- It it it will have virtually an indecipherable impact.
- Instead of showing us what really happened, they covered for her, shortening her indecipherable answers to make them less word sality.
- So you have people from very disbarred from Yunnan, from Shanghai, from Guayling coming together and they speak indecipherable languages to each other.
Examples
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The public was not prepared for Sitwell's complex and sometimes indecipherable verse.
Academic text (2000) -
" She read the letter, which to me had been indecipherable.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's indecipherable to people without a law degree.
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Even the portions that seem almost indecipherable, we're going to dig into them and make sense of them.
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The data on each ring is indecipherable on its own... ...but when they are read together, their codes unlock each other.
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Her facial expression is indecipherable, lost to the shadows around her.
Academic text (1993) -
Indecipherable radio emissions from outer space.
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I looked at the photostat of the original, which was ripped in places and totally indecipherable to me.
Fiction book (1997) -
To English language readers, these pictograms appear indecipherable, but are perfectly readable upon closer inspection.
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His mother's voice was muted, an indecipherable questioning tone muffled by walls and darkness.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
∞
8.6
Not clear enough to understand
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5.3
Not easy to see, hear, or understand
276
3.2
Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure
207
3.9
Not easy to understand or know for sure
46
8.8
Difficult or impossible to understand
14
4.1
Hard or impossible to read
14
8.3
Very hard to understand
12
8.9
Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling
9
6.4
Difficult to understand
8
5.5
Hard to read because the writing is messy or the print is faded
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8.8
Hard to see, hear, or notice
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9.1
Very hard to read or understand
1
7.1
Very hard to read so you can only understand a little
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8.2
Not possible to understand or explain
1
8.6
Difficult to understand even after thinking about it
Hard to understand or explain
Very hard to understand
Not possible for people to know or understand
Not possible for people to know or understand
Difficult to read from a person's face or behavior
Antonyms
How Decipherable
Surface Forms
Morphology
indecipherable = decipherable (transparent) = in + de + cipher + able
The negative prefix 'in-' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'not decipherable'.
Etymology
Indecipherable breaks into parts: in- meaning 'not', decipher meaning 'to solve or read a code' and -able meaning 'able to'. So, indecipherable means 'not able to be read or understood'.