illegible
/ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl/
illegible adjective: not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
Adjective
illegible (comparative more illegible, superlative most illegible)
- Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
- illegible handwriting
- illegible scribbles
- Synonyms:
- dirty, foul, indecipherable, marked-up, unclear, undecipherable, unreadable
- Antonyms:
- legible
illegible meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
illegible in Tamil
- தெளிவில்லாத, படிப்பதற்கு தெளிவில்லாத உரைகள்
illegible in Bengali
- illegible
- অস্পষ্ট ośpośṭo
illegible in Malayalam
- unreadable, indecipher-able, unintelligible
- വ്യക്തമായിട്ടെഴുതിയിട്ടില്ലാത്ത, അസ്പഷ്ടക്ഷരമായ, വായിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്ത, വായിക്കുവാൻ പ്രയാസമായ, അസ്ഫുടമായ, വായിക്കാനസാദ്ധ്യമായ
illegible in Kannada
- ಓದಲಾಗದ, ಗಜಿಬಿಜಿ, ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ, ಅಸ್ಫುಟ
Examples of illegible in a sentence
- The signature was illegible, but the printed name beneath it clearly said "William Wilson."
- When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
- I finally managed to decode the nearly illegible doctor's prescription.
Synonyms of illegible
Antonyms
Forms of illegible
| comparative | more illegible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most illegible |
Origin of illegible
From il- + legible.
Words formed from illegible
Questions about illegible
- What does illegible mean?
- Illegible means not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
- What is illegible in Tamil?
- Illegible in Tamil is தெளிவில்லாத, படிப்பதற்கு தெளிவில்லாத உரைகள். See Illegible meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is illegible?
- Illegible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce illegible?
- Illegible is pronounced /ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl/.
Words near illegible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: illegible (page history and authors); illegible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অস্পষ্ট (Bengali) (page history and authors); illegible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); illegible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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