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unreadable
This term describes a failure of communication across three distinct layers: the visual, the intellectual, and the technical. When applied to handwriting, it suggests a physical barrier where the characters themselves are indecipherable. In a literary or academic sense, it describes a cognitive barrier where the prose is so convoluted or dry that the meaning remains inaccessible despite the words being legible.
In computing, the word shifts to a binary state of failure, indicating that a system cannot parse data due to corruption or formatting errors. While "illegible" is often a close synonym for the visual sense, "unreadable" is the preferred term for both intellectual density and technical data failure.
Meanings
Impossible or very difficult to read because of poor handwriting or printing.
The doctor's handwriting was completely unreadable.
Impossible to understand or comprehend due to poor writing style, complexity, or lack of clarity.
Examples
Your handwriting is completely unreadable.
Your handwriting is completely unreadable.
The ink had smudged so badly that the letter was unreadable.
I cannot make out this note because it is unreadable.
This academic paper is so dense it is practically unreadable.
The legal jargon in the contract made the whole document unreadable.
My disk is unreadable and I cannot access my photos.