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😶 Impossible to read 📄 Cannot be scanned
unscannable

unscannable

6.7
Not able to be read by a scanner
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈskænəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no escaneable
  • About 5,500 ballots cast in three Minneapolis precincts won't be counted until this morning due to technical printing errors that caused the ballots to be unscannable.

Examples

  • The documents were deemed unscannable because of the faded print.

  • Many of the barcodes were unscannable due to the poor quality of the labels.

  • The researchers found that the images were unscannable after they were damaged by water.

Antonyms

scannable
1 3.7

An item that a scanner or person can read quickly

How Scannable

scannable
1 3.7
unscannable
  • Specialized
6.7

Surface Forms

unscannable positive
unscannabler comparative
unscannablest superlative

Morphology

unscannable = scannable (transparent) = un + scan + able

A straightforward negative formation from 'scannable' meaning 'not able to be scanned (by a device)'.

Etymology

Unscannable comes from the parts un- 'not', scan 'to read with a machine or look quickly', and -able 'can be', and is easy to remember with the word scanner. So if a receipt or QR code is unscannable, a scanner cannot read it and the information cannot be processed automatically.