illegible

Definitions

Not clear enough to be read.

Impossible or very difficult to decipher.

Examples

The doctor's handwriting was so illegible that the pharmacist could not fill the prescription.

After sitting in the rain for hours, the note became completely illegible.

The ancient manuscript was faded and largely illegible to the untrained eye.

Synonyms

unreadable indecipherable unintelligible scrawled obscure faint blurred

Antonyms

legible readable clear decipherable intelligible plain distinct