unintelligibleness

noun

as in unintelligibility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintelligibleness
  1. unintelligibility
  2. ambiguity
  3. incomprehensibility
  4. vagueness
Noun
  • Breen’s films are a curious blend of unintelligibility and over-explication.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of unintelligibility
Noun
  • Some of the most valuable skills, like leading through ambiguity, influencing others and solving tough problems, are built during challenging seasons.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Nonetheless, in the hallway outside of the courtroom, Shakur’s family exchanges hugs, happily shaking their heads that at least some of the darkness and ambiguity surrounding the murder has been lifted.
    — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • This was only the start of the incomprehensibility of this segment.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
  • This incomprehensibility was in no small part due to the way Turing had incorporated the conventions of the tape reader into the system software.
    — Alan Turing, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2017
Definition of incomprehensibility
Noun
  • What erodes trust is vagueness, backtracking and the sense that someone is managing you rather than leveling with you.
    — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Declare the state's rules void for vagueness under the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of vagueness
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“Unintelligibleness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintelligibleness. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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