unintelligibility

noun

Definition of unintelligibilitynext
as in incomprehensibility

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Recent Examples of unintelligibility Breen’s films are a curious blend of unintelligibility and over-explication. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unintelligibility
  1. incomprehensibility
  2. ambiguity
  3. vagueness
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
  • As is the case with all of OTC’s previous music, part of the charm is its swirling ambiguity, but this time there’s additional poignance in the backstory.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing was stable, every framework was being rebuilt in real time and the only thing that separated functional teams from struggling ones was behavioral reliability under extreme ambiguity.
    — Amy Alexy, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ambiguity
Noun
  • The vagueness of Carr’s post may be useful for his and Trump’s ongoing battle against the news media.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The council member then upbraided the SpaceX representative for the vagueness of some of her replies.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of vagueness

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“Unintelligibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unintelligibility. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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