Unreadableness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being unreadable. uncountable

    "The text, surviving as a “workshop draft” consisting of “a hodgepodge of scraped out letters, belated additions and cancelled passages,” is known for its idiosyncratic orthography and its unreadableness."

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"The text, surviving as a “workshop draft” consisting of “a hodgepodge of scraped out letters, belated additions and cancelled passages,” is known for its idiosyncratic orthography and its unreadableness."

Etymology

From unreadable + -ness.

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