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ILLEGIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illegible mean?
• ILLEGIBLE (adjective)
The adjective ILLEGIBLE has 1 sense:
1. (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
Familiarity information: ILLEGIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible
Context example:
illegible handwriting
Similar:
dirty; foul; marked-up ((of a manuscript) defaced with changes)
indecipherable; unclear; undecipherable; unreadable (not easily deciphered)
Antonym:
legible ((of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered)
Derivation:
illegibility (the quality of writing (print or handwriting) that cannot be deciphered)
Context examples
Then she would open it at the place where Jip had made it illegible last night, and call Jip up, to look at his misdeeds.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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