A terrible, almost illegible scrawl.
Source: tatoeba (664135)
Illegible
//ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl//
Synonyms for "illegible" (11 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (5)
Adjective(3 words)
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Antonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
9 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 25 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- неразборлівы adj (not clear enough to be read)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нечетлив adj (not clear enough to be read)
Catalan
2 entries- illegible adj (not clear enough to be read)
- il·legible adj (not clear enough to be read)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 很難看懂的 /很难看懂的 adj (not clear enough to be read)
- 難以辨認的 /难以辨认的 adj (not clear enough to be read)
Czech
1 entries- nečitelný adj (not clear enough to be read)
Dutch
1 entries- onleesbaar adj (not clear enough to be read)
Esperanto
1 entries- nelegebla adj (not clear enough to be read)
Finnish
1 entries- lukukelvoton adj (not clear enough to be read)
French
3 entries- illisible adj (not clear enough to be read)
- illégible adj (not clear enough to be read)
- indéchiffrable adj (not clear enough to be read)
Galician
1 entries- ilexible adj (not clear enough to be read)
German
1 entries- unleserlich adj (not clear enough to be read)
Hungarian
1 entries- olvashatatlan adj (not clear enough to be read)
Icelandic
1 entries- ólæsilegur adj (not clear enough to be read)
Italian
1 entries- illeggibile adj (not clear enough to be read)
Japanese
2 entries- 汚い adj (not clear enough to be read)
- 読めない adj (not clear enough to be read)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- onlieserlech adj (not clear enough to be read)
Macedonian
1 entries- нечитлив adj (not clear enough to be read)
Polish
1 entries- nieczytelny adj (not clear enough to be read)
Portuguese
1 entries- ilegível adj (not clear enough to be read)
Romanian
1 entries- ilizibil adj (not clear enough to be read)
Russian
2 entries- неразбо́рчивый adj (not clear enough to be read)
- нечёткий adj (not clear enough to be read)
Spanish
2 entries- ilegible adj (not clear enough to be read)
- indescifrable adj (not clear enough to be read)
Swedish
1 entries- oläsbar adj (not clear enough to be read)
Turkish
2 entries- kargacık burgacık adj (not clear enough to be read)
- okunaksız adj (not clear enough to be read)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нерозбі́рливий adj (not clear enough to be read)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The last two lines of the document are mostly illegible.
Source: tatoeba (727185)
Your handwriting is practically illegible.
Source: tatoeba (2792602)
Your writing is very illegible.
Source: tatoeba (2794608)
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