unintelligible

Meanings

• adjective

  Difficult or impossible to understand; unclear or unintelligible speech or writing.

  - "The professor's lecture was unintelligible to most of the students."
  - "The instructions on the medication label were unintelligible to me."
  - "The noise from the construction site made it impossible to hear anything unintelligible."

• adjective

  Lacking sense or meaning; nonsensical.

  - "The artist's abstract painting was unintelligible to some critics."
  - "The politician's speech was filled with unintelligible jargon."
  - "The dream I had last night was unintelligible and hard to remember."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɨdʒɨbəl/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

intelligible

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Synonyms

inscrutable , unexplainable

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with unintelligible
enigmatic , symbolic , pathetic , dramatic , hysteric , lyric , mythic , epic

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Homophones

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1. unintelligible (English) : Difficult or impossible to understand
   

2. unintelligible (English) : Not having the ability to understand or learn
   

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Variants

List of all variants of unintelligible that leads to same result
unintelligibilities , unintelligibility , unintelligible , unintelligibleness , unintelligiblenesses , unintelligibly

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Forms

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unintelligibly, unintelligible's, unintelligiblys

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Etymology

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Late Middle English: from un- 'not' + intelligible, from the past participle of intelligere 'understand'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'unintelligible' comes from the Latin word 'intelligere', which means 'to understand'.

2. The longest unintelligible sentence in the English language is 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'.

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Related Concepts

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1. ambiguity: Ambiguity refers to the quality of being open to more than one interpretation or meaning, which can make something unintelligible.

2. obscurity: Obscurity refers to the quality of being hard to understand or interpret, which can make something unintelligible.

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Culture

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The term 'unintelligible' has been used in various cultural, historical, and literary contexts. For example, in ancient Greece, the philosopher Heraclitus was known for his unintelligible and paradoxical teachings. In modern literature, James Joyce's novel 'Finnegans Wake' is famous for its unintelligible and complex language.

How to Memorize "unintelligible"

1. visualize
   

   - To visualize 'unintelligible', imagine a puzzle or a complex maze that requires effort and concentration to solve or navigate.

2. associate
   

   - To associate 'unintelligible' with the concept of a jigsaw puzzle or a crossword puzzle can help memorize its meaning.

3. mnemonics
   

   - To remember the meaning of 'unintelligible', one can use the mnemonic 'Unclear, Not Understood' or 'Unclear, Nonsensical'.

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