He muttered something unintelligible...
I did my best to join in, but the conversation was largely unintelligible.
...the unintelligible phrases and images of his earlier poems.
English dictionary. 2008.
unintelligible — index ambiguous, disconnected, equivocal, inapprehensible, inarticulate, incomprehensible, indefinite, indistinct … Law dictionary
unintelligible — 1610s, incapable of being understood, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + INTELLIGIBLE (Cf. intelligible). Related: Unintelligibly … Etymology dictionary
unintelligible — [adj] not understandable ambiguous, equivocal, fathomless, Greek*, illegible, impenetrable, inarticulate, incognizable, incoherent, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indistinct, inexplicit, jumbled, meaningless, muddled, obscure, opaque,… … New thesaurus
unintelligible — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ impossible to understand. DERIVATIVES unintelligibility noun unintelligibly adverb … English terms dictionary
unintelligible — [un΄intel′i jə bəl] adj. not intelligible; that cannot be understood; incomprehensible unintelligibility n. unintelligibly adv … English World dictionary
unintelligible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, sound ▪ become ▪ render sth ▪ These amendments will render the law unintelligible. ADVERB … Collocations dictionary
unintelligible — un|in|tel|li|gi|ble [ˌʌnınˈtelıdʒıbəl] adj impossible to understand ≠ ↑clear ▪ Eva muttered something unintelligible . unintelligible to ▪ technical jargon that is unintelligible to outsiders >unintelligibly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
unintelligible — adjective 1) unintelligible sounds Syn: incomprehensible, indiscernible, mumbled, indistinct, unclear, slurred, inarticulate, incoherent, garbled 2) unintelligible logic Syn: impenetrable, baffling … Thesaurus of popular words
unintelligible — un|in|tel|li|gi|ble [ ,ʌnın telıdʒəbl ] adjective impossible to understand: Their jargon is unintelligible to anyone outside the industry. ╾ un|in|tel|li|gi|bly adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unintelligible — adjective impossible to understand: Eva muttered something unintelligible. unintelligibly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
