uninterpretable

Examples

• All

• Due to the poor quality of the recording, the speech became utterly uninterpretable during the playback.

• If these two effects do not differ much, then this will not be a problem. If they differ substantially, then the coefficient may be uninterpretable.

  Academic text (2018)

• What something looks like can be misleading or uninterpretable.

  Blog text (23)

• In addition, four tympanograms were uninterpretable in the controls.

  Academic text (2000)

• If they could not agree, the tympanogram was classified as uninterpretable.

  Academic text (2000)

• Under the influence of post-structuralism, it began to be suggested that Billy Budd was uninterpretable.

  Academic text (1993)

• Effect sizes were not calculated for the treatment integrity data as they would have been uninterpretable due to the low standard deviations within phases.

  Academic text (2012)

• Uninterpretable tympanograms were obtained from four children on placebo.

  Academic text (2000)

• Although the verum group seemed to do better, the data are uninterpretable; for example, it is unclear whether fever refers to fever days or fever periods, and what exactly was meant by 'fever.'

  Blog text (15)

• Further, in a high-stakes environment, scores become less meaningful: "The greater the pressure to do well on the tests, the more likely is the meaning of the score obtained by students or schools uninterpretable" (Nichols & Berliner, 2005, p. 5).

  Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

U

unintelligible

vsuninterpretable

∞ 8.6

Not clear enough to understand

is more about complete lack of understandable meaning rather than unclear form

C

confusing

vsuninterpretable

276 3.2

Hard to understand and makes people feel unsure

is stronger, indicating complete inability to understand or explain the meaning

I

inexplicable

vsuninterpretable

47 7.8

Hard to explain or understand

is about meaning that cannot be understood or explained at all

I

incomprehensible

vsuninterpretable

46 8.8

Difficult or impossible to understand

is absolute inability to understand or explain the meaning in any way

U

unfathomable

vsuninterpretable

23 8.6

Very hard to understand or measure how deep something is

is about meaning that cannot be understood rather than mere depth

U

unexplainable

vsuninterpretable

19 7.0

Something people cannot understand or find a clear reason for

is concerned with inability to make sense of meaning rather than reasons

U

unknowable

vsuninterpretable

19 7.4

Something you cannot find out or understand

is about meaning that cannot be understood or explained now or ever

I

impenetrable

vsuninterpretable

14 8.3

Very hard to understand

is used when the meaning cannot be understood by normal methods

B

bewildering

vsuninterpretable

13 5.2

Causing a lot of confusion and making things hard to understand

describes cases where meaning is impossible to understand rather than merely confusing

I

inscrutable

vsuninterpretable

12 8.9

Hard to understand because it shows no clear meaning or feeling

is about meaning that others cannot understand or explain

I

indecipherable

vsuninterpretable

8 8.8

Too hard to read or understand

is broader, covering meaning that cannot be understood or explained in general

I

indefinable

vsuninterpretable

4 6.9

Hard to describe or explain in words

points to meaning that cannot be understood or explained, not just hard to label

U

undefinable

vsuninterpretable

3 6.8

Hard to describe exactly in words

emphasises inability to understand or explain the meaning rather than only description

U

undecipherable

vsuninterpretable

1 9.1

Very hard to read or understand

is not limited to texts and covers meaning that cannot be understood

U

ungraspable

vsuninterpretable

1 8.6

Difficult to understand even after thinking about it

is specifically about the impossibility of finding a clear meaning

U

unsearchable

vsuninterpretable

1 7.6

Hard to know what someone thinks or feels

is broader, applying to any meaning that cannot be understood or explained

U

ungettable

vsuninterpretable

1 9.6

Hard or impossible to understand

focuses on pure inability to understand meaning rather than difficulty of obtaining

U

uncomprehensible

vsuninterpretable

• Informal

9.9

Very hard to understand

is the standard or preferred form for the same idea

I

inapprehensible

vsuninterpretable

9.9

Hard to understand or explain

is about meaning that cannot be understood or explained, not only hard to grasp

I

incognoscible

vsuninterpretable

• Archaic

9.9

Not possible for people to know or understand

is focused on meaning that cannot be understood or explained rather than perception

U

unscannable

vsuninterpretable

8.4

Difficult to read from a person's face or behavior

is general and covers meaning that cannot be understood or explained beyond expressions

Antonyms

I

interpretable

1 5.7

Able to be understood or explained

How Understandable

understandable

171 1.6

unclear

207 3.9

confusing

276 3.2

incomprehensible

46 8.8

uninterpretable

1 8.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology