Definition of Illegible

1. Adjective. (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible. "Illegible handwriting"


Definition of Illegible

1. a. Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription.

Definition of Illegible

1. Adjective. Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Illegible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illegible

illegalises
illegalising
illegalities
illegality
illegalization
illegalizations
illegalize
illegalized
illegalizes
illegalizing
illegally
illegalness
illegals
illegibilities
illegibility
illegible (current term)
illegibly
illegitimacies
illegitimacy
illegitimate
illegitimate child
illegitimate enterprise
illegitimately
illegitimation
illegitimations
illegitimatize
illegitimatized
illegitimatizes
illegitimatizing
illeism

Literary usage of Illegible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1907)
"Johann illegible dieter. Johanes Shnider. illegible gay. Jacob illegible. ... Hans Jacob illegible. Joseph Gray. John Peter. To the Honourable Patrick ..."

2. Law of Wills, Executors and Administrators by James Schouler (1915)
"The Same Subject: Effect of Alteration, etc., so as to render illegible. The effect of such legislation, where the alteration by obliteration ..."

3. The Art of Dispensing: A Treatise on the Methods and Processes Involved in edited by Peter MacEwan (1901)
"illegible PRESCRIPTIONS. THE capability of pharmacists to decipher ... The duty of the dispenser who has an illegible prescription presented to him has ..."

4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"illegible. The heading and the last of the orders are completely so. ... 6 illegible. This is the last, then follow the signatures of the Rector, ..."

5. A Treatise on the System of Evidence in Trials at Common Law: Including the by John Henry Wigmore (1904)
"Deciphering illegible Writings. One skilled in writings may be called to assist in deciphering a writing illegible or uncertain to the ordinary ..."

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