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indecipherable

.indi'saifәrәbl7 senses · 212 ms
Level C2GRE
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adj/ɪndɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəl//ɪndɪˈsaɪfɹəbəl//ɪndə-/
  1. 1

    Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend.

    • The doctor's handwriting was indecipherable.
  2. 2

    Indistinguishable

    • If you knew who Jerry was you'd swear you'd been cloned. Your posting style is virtually indecipherable from his.
    • A British university compared lads' mags with comments from convicted rapists. It found that people could not distinguish the source of the comments. That is, Zoo uses language practically indecipherable from that of sex offenders.

syn. undecipherable · unreadable · illegible

ant. decipherable

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