- illegible adj
- Doctors' handwriting is often sickeningly ill-egible.
English expressions. 2014.
illegible adj
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illegible — (adj.) 1630s, from assimilated form of IN (Cf. in ) (1) not, opposite of + LEGIBLE (Cf. legible). Related: Illegibly; illegibility … Etymology dictionary
illegible — [adj] unreadable cacographic, crabbed, cramped, difficult to read, faint, hard to make out*, hieroglyphic, indecipherable, indistinct, obscure, scrawled, unclear, undecipherable, unintelligible; concepts 535,576 Ant. decipherable, legible,… … New thesaurus
illegible — adj. Illegible is used with these nouns: ↑handwriting, ↑signature, ↑writing … Collocations dictionary
illegible — [i lej′ə bəl] adj. [< IN 2 + LEGIBLE] very difficult or impossible to read because badly written or printed, faded, etc. illegibility n. illegibly adv … English World dictionary
illegible — adj unreadable, indecipherable, undecipherable, unintelligible, clear as mud; hieroglyphic, hieroglyphical, hard to read; scrawled, scrawly, scribbled, Sl. scribbly, squiggly … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
illegible — adj. not legible. Derivatives: illegibility n. illegibly adv … Useful english dictionary
illegible — illegibility, illegibleness, n. illegibly, adv. /i lej euh beuhl/, adj. not legible; impossible or hard to read or decipher because of poor handwriting, faded print, etc.: This letter is completely illegible. [1605 15; IL 2 + LEGIBLE] * * * … Universalium
illegible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unreadable, ill written, scrawled; jumbled, pied. See unintelligibility.Ant., legible. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unreadable, indecipherable, unintelligible, faint, obscured, difficult to read,… … English dictionary for students
illegible — il|le|gi|ble [ıˈledʒıbəl] adj difficult or impossible to read ≠ ↑legible ▪ His handwriting is totally illegible. >illegibly adv >illegibility [ıˌledʒıˈbılıti] n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
illegible — [[t]ɪle̱ʤɪb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Writing that is illegible is so unclear that you cannot read it … English dictionary
