unreadable
/ənɹˈidəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not written clearly enough to be deciphered.
adj
Making an unpleasant reading experience, e.g. because it is dull or upsetting.
Example Sentences
- "unreadable handwriting"
- "unreadable charts"
- "a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments"
- "Although the kyūjitai kanji were not banned, the obsolete kyūjitai kanji have become unreadable to more and more readers over time, thus making texts including them difficult for modern readers, but at least there is a recognized mapping from new form to old form."
- "an unreadable book"
- "unreadable rants"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English read Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English readable English unreadable From un- + readable.
Inflected Forms
more unreadable (comparative)
most unreadable (superlative)