unreadable

English

Etymology

From un- + readable

Adjective

unreadable (comparative more unreadable, superlative most unreadable)

1. That cannot be read or is not easy to read.

   unreadable handwriting

   a machine that cut up secret documents into small unreadable fragments

   unreadable charts

2. Not sufficiently interesting to be worth reading.

   unreadable book

Synonyms

• (that cannot be read or is not easy to read): illegible, indecipherable, unclear, undecipherable
• (not sufficiently interesting to be worth reading): boring, dull, tedious

Antonyms

• readable

Derived terms

• unreadability

Translations

that cannot be read or is not easy to read

Dutch: onleesbaar (nl), onleesbare (nl) Finnish: lukukelvoton, mahdoton lukea French: illisible (fr) m. and f. German: unleserlich

Italian: illeggibile (it) Polish: nieczytelny (pl) m. Spanish: ilegible (es)

not sufficiently interesting to be worth reading

French: illisible (fr)

Italian: illeggibile (it)