unintelligible

English Thesaurus

1. not clearly understood or expressed (adj.all)

similar	:	incomprehensible, uncomprehensible,
definition	:	difficult to understand (adj.all)

2. poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise (adj.all)

similar	:	slurred, thick,
definition	:	spoken as if with a thick tongue (adj.all)

also	:	incomprehensible, uncomprehensible,
definition	:	difficult to understand (adj.all)

3. not clearly understood or expressed (adj.all)

derivation	:	opacity, opaqueness,
definition	:	incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility,
definition	:	nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible (noun.communication)

4. poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise (adj.all)

antonym	:	intelligible,
definition	:	well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly (adj.all)

derivation	:	unintelligibility,
definition	:	incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible (noun.attribute)

5. not clearly understood or expressed (adj.all)

derivation	:	opacity, opaqueness,
definition	:	incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility,
definition	:	nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible (noun.communication)

6. poorly articulated or enunciated, or drowned by noise (adj.all)

antonym	:	intelligible,
definition	:	well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly (adj.all)

derivation	:	unintelligibility,
definition	:	incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible (noun.attribute)