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Meanings of illegible in English

Spanish
ilegible

(Of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible.

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        Examples for "legible"
        Examples for "legible"
        1
        This is all legible in the lines about his mouth and eyes.
        Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century
        2
        The existence of a better was legible on the face of it.
        Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
        3
        The other side was written in French, in long, clear, legible characters.
        The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance
        4
        The writing was perfectly legible-thefinest stroke showed through the thin tissue.
        Trumps
        5
        They were completely legible at the beginning, less so toward the end.
        11/22/63
        Usage of illegible in English
        1
        The letter was long and incoherent; blotted with tears-inplaces completely illegible.
        Charlotte's Inheritance
        2
        My own hand is so illegible that I'm quite ashamed of it.
        The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
        3
        The mention of the illegible writing distressed the poor man still more.
        Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
        4
        The handwriting of doctors is proverbially illegible, at least to their patients.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The inscription, which is in Gothic letters, is rendered illegible by time.
        Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Province...
        6
        Near her, now almost illegible, the sign was still on the ground.
        The hangman's daughter
        7
        The first three or four were quite illegible, the ink having run.
        Spanish Doubloons
        8
        Unless you're looking at the Cruz dead-on, the screen is completely illegible.
        Wired
        9
        I read the dirty, almost illegible scrawl through more carefully this time.
        Castles in the Air
        10
        His own handwriting became quickly more smudged and illegible than even Stoker's.
        The sherlockian
        11
        Your handwriting on prescriptions is totally illegible and shows signs of dementia
        X-treme latin: lingua latina extrema: all the latin you need to ...
        12
        She snatched up a pen and frantically began to jot illegible notes.
        Bulletproof bride
        13
        He got cheques-smallones-withillegible and impersonal signatures that told him nothing.
        One Day's Courtship, and The Heralds of Fame
        14
        Thirteen thick, spiral notebooks filled with Duane's small, almost illegible shorthand script.
        A Winter Haunting
        15
        There was a signature, but it was illegible-notKurtz-amuch longer word.
        Heart of Darkness
        16
        There was no name on it, except the maker's, scratched and illegible.
        Jacqueline of Golden River
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        Translations for illegible
        Spanish
        ilegible
        Illegible through the time
        Illegible across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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