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un·in·tel·li·gi·ble

(ŭn′ĭn-tĕl′ĭ-jə-bəl)

adj.

Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; incomprehensible: unintelligible remarks; an unintelligible prose passage.

un′in·tel′li·gi·bil′i·ty n.

un′in·tel′li·gi·bly adv.

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unintelligible

(ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪbəl)

adj

not able to be understood; incomprehensible

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un•in•tel•li•gi•ble

(ˌʌn ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒə bəl)

adj.

not intelligible; not capable of being understood.

[1610–20]

un`in•tel`li•gi•bil′i•ty, un`in•tel′li•gi•ble•ness, n.

un`in•tel′li•gi•bly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	unintelligible - poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise; "unintelligible speech" uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein intelligible - well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly; "intelligible pronunciation"
	2.	unintelligible - not clearly understood or expressed opaque uncomprehensible, incomprehensible - difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A. Einstein

unintelligible

adjective incomprehensible, incoherent, inarticulate, meaningless, muddled, jumbled, unfathomable, illegible, indistinct, indecipherable He muttered something unintelligible. pages inscribed with unintelligible characters
clear, understandable, comprehensible, coherent, lucid, intelligible, legible

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unintelligible

adjective

Incapable of being grasped by the intellect or understanding:

impenetrable, incomprehensible, inscrutable, uncomprehensible, unfathomable.

Translations

غامِض، لا يُمْكِن فَهْمَه

nesrozumitelný

uforståelig

unverständlich

inintelligible

óskiljanlegur

incomprensibile

nesalasāmsnesaprotams

непонятный

anlaşılmaz

难懂的

unintelligible

[ˈʌnɪnˈtelɪdʒəbl] ADJ → ininteligible, incomprensible
she mumbled something unintelligible → balbuceó algo ininteligible or incomprensible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unintelligible

[ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒɪb^əl] adj (= impossible to understand) → inintelligible

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

unintelligible

adj person → nicht zu verstehen; speech, writing → unverständlich; (TV) image, picture → nicht erkennbar; this makes him almost unintelligible → das macht es fast unmöglich, ihn zu verstehen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unintelligible

[ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəbl] adj → incomprensibile, inintelligibile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

unintelligible

(aninˈteliʒəbl) adjective

not able to be understood. unintelligible writing/words.

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Wherefore 'unintelligible!' is again the comment of the watcher, made with some reassured nodding of his head, and a gloomy smile.

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This speech being unintelligible to the Bulldog he only civilly smiled, which so terrified the Spaniel that he dropped dead in his tracks.

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They had little private jokes of their own which, unintelligible to the outsider, amused them enormously.

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He felt himself vanquished on all sides, but he felt at the same time that what he wanted to say was unintelligible to his brother.

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The fact was, as Emma could now acknowledge, that Harriet had always liked Robert Martin; and that his continuing to love her had been irresistible.Beyond this, it must ever be unintelligible to Emma.

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He coloured, and stammered out an unintelligible reply.

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These he presented to me with a few unintelligible words, and a bearing at once respectful and menacing.

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Though the prayer was unintelligible to the Indians, yet, as they knew what the nature of the service was, Mr.

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In Plato's Republic, Socrates is introduced treating upon the changes which different governments are liable to: but his discourse is faulty; for he does not particularly mention what changes the best and first governments are liable to; for he only assigns the general cause, of nothing being immutable, but that in time everything will alter [***tr.: text is unintelligible here***] he conceives that nature will then produce bad men, who will not submit to education, and in this, probably, he is not wrong; for it is certain that there are some persons whom it is impossible by any education to make good men; but why should this change be more peculiar to what he calls the best-formed government, than to all other forms, and indeed to all other things that exist?

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Pierre murmured something unintelligible, and continued to look round as if in search of something.

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Either my foreign accent made me unintelligible, or the man's suspicions disinclined him to trust me.

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To those untravelled there, the traveller's account must always seem unintelligible and fantastic.