unintelligibility
/'ʌnin,telidʤə'biliti/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The quality or state of being impossible to understand: "Unintelligibility" refers to the condition of speech, writing, or sound that is unclear, garbled, or impossible to comprehend.
- Something that is incomprehensible: It can also refer to an instance or example of such unclear communication.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The poor audio connection resulted in the complete unintelligibility of his message.
- The document was filled with technical jargon, leading to its unintelligibility for the general public.
- She complained about the unintelligibility of the doctor's handwritten notes.
Advanced Usage
- "Sheer/Total Unintelligibility": Used to emphasize a complete lack of clarity.
- The recording was degraded to the point of sheer unintelligibility.
- "Mutual Unintelligibility": A linguistic term describing a situation where speakers of related languages or dialects cannot understand each other.
- Despite their common origin, the two dialects have reached a state of mutual unintelligibility.
Variants and Related Words
- Unintelligible (adj): Not able to be understood.
- The signal was weak and unintelligible.
- Intelligibility (n): The quality of being able to be understood (antonym).
- The speaker's intelligibility was excellent despite the noisy room.
Synonyms
- Incoherence: Lack of logical connection or clarity.
- Incomprehensibility: The state of being impossible to understand.
- Indistinctness: Lack of clear outline or definition, especially in sound.
Antonyms
- Intelligibility: The quality of being clear enough to be understood.
- Clarity: The quality of being clear and easy to understand.
- Coherence: The quality of being logical, consistent, and understandable.
Noun
- incomprehensibility as a consequence of being unintelligible
- nonsense that is simply incoherent and unintelligible