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unreadableness

unreadableness noun: the quality or state of being unreadable.

Noun

unreadableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being unreadable.
    • 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.2010, Katharine Breen, Imagining an English Reading Public, 1150-1400, page 109

Synonyms of unreadableness

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Origin of unreadableness

From unreadable + -ness.

Questions about unreadableness

What does unreadableness mean?
Unreadableness means the quality or state of being unreadable.
What part of speech is unreadableness?
Unreadableness is a noun.

Words near unreadableness in the dictionary

  1. unreactivity
  2. unreacts
  3. unread
  4. unreadability
  5. unreadable
  6. unreadableness
  7. unreadably
  8. unreaderly
  9. unreadied
  10. unreadier
  11. unreadiest

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