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# unreadable

«unreadable» in Mova's school dictionary: **so messy, faded or small that you cannot read it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (unreadable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unreadable writing is so messy, faded or small that you cannot read it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#m1)

2) An unreadable book or text is so boring or badly written that it is hard to keep reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#m2)

3) An unreadable face shows no feeling, so you cannot tell what the person thinks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#m3)

4) (computers) An unreadable file or disk cannot be opened by the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used about handwriting, old letters, books, faces in stories and broken files. Phrases: «almost unreadable», «an unreadable expression».

### examples

- The rain made the note unreadable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#x1)
- The doctor's handwriting was unreadable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#x2)
- The old gravestone was worn and unreadable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#x3)
- The book was so dull it was unreadable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#x4)
- Her face was unreadable as she opened the letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#x5)
- The memory stick was damaged and the files were unreadable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/#x6)

### note

Opposite: «readable». Similar to «illegible», which is only about handwriting or print. An unreadable face is a calm, blank face: it does not mean the person is angry.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unreadable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unreadable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.