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TOEFL BNC: 20791 COCA: 24257

illegible

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
illegible ˈlɛʤəbəl/ adjective
illegible
ˈlɛʤəbəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of ILLEGIBLE
[more illegible; most illegible]
: not clear enough to read : not legible难以辨认的;看不清的

— illegibility

/ɪˌlɛʤəˈbɪləti/ noun [noncount]

— illegibly

ˈlɛʤəbli/ adverb
TOEFL BNC: 20791 COCA: 24257

illegible

adjective

il·​leg·​i·​ble (ˌ)i(l)-ˈle-jə-bəl How to pronounce illegible (audio)
: not legible : indecipherable
illegible writing
illegibly adverb

Example Sentences

illegible signatures on the petition will be disregarded
Recent Examples on the Web Her brief, written by assistant solicitor general Christopher Allen on Nessel's behalf, directly takes on the idea that the words are illegible due to spacing issues. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2022 The play sat among his papers, rendered almost illegible by his handwriting, until it was finally published in 1879. Sam Sacks, WSJ, 24 June 2022 But as one great man, Mahatma Gandhi, noted, the sustaining force of love—conveyed through everyday speech by ordinary people—routinely defuses would-be conflicts in a manner illegible to liberal conceptions of history. Priya Satia, The New Republic, 20 May 2022 Since slavery, our bodies have walked an impossible tightrope between being hypervisible and erotically illegible. Allure, 13 May 2022 But this terrible and occasionally illegible prose never quite overcomes the reader’s trust in Faulkner’s profound creative power. New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022 Think of the side-eye cast at Philadelphia’s James Harden, whose stubborn eccentricity is illegible to most analysts. New York Times, 28 June 2022 When Michigan switched to an electronic voter file, some voters' paper records had illegible birth dates and were assigned a placeholder date. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2022 Results are not expected to be 100% accurate due to illegible handwriting and poor imaging. Zachary Smith, cleveland, 28 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1580, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of illegible was in 1580
TOEFL BNC: 20791 COCA: 24257

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