indecipherable

Word family

in·de·ci·pher·a·ble /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪfərəbəl◂/ adjectiveadj

UNDERSTANDREADimpossible to read or understand 难以辨认的；难以理解的 SYN illegible

an indecipherable signature

难以辨认的签名

Examples from the Corpus

indecipherable• His writing was tiny and indecipherable.• He also kept extensive parliamentary diaries, of which six volumes survive, though his hand is nearly indecipherable.• Hurriedly written sentences are very often indecipherable.• I had no idea what my boss was ordering in rapid-fire requests to the busy chefs, and his translations were indecipherable.• Thanks to a sound system that fails to function properly, Kevin's words of diseased warning and wisdom are indecipherable.• Their conversation, on the move, is indecipherable at first.• I received a blurred, indecipherable fax that didn't help at all.• The language was foreign, the writing a cloud of indecipherable hieroglyphics.• The painting had an indecipherable signature in the corner.• The sketchbook and notebook pages for the day are almost indecipherable with rain drop splodges.

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 32841 COCA: 23196

indecipherable